Question

A bag of balloons contains 3 red balloons, 12 green balloons, 17 yellow balloons, and 7 orange balloons. What is the probability that a randomly selected balloon would be green or orange?

Answer 1

A

Answer 2

A: 19/39

Answer 3

can ya Explain how ya got the answer
?

Answer 4

because 3 + 12 +17 + 7 = 39, so 12+7 = 19.

Answer 5

ahh thanks

Answer 6

the bottom number of the fraction (39) is added by all of the numbers combined.

Answer 7

both of ya :)

Answer 8

and the top of the fraction (19) is the numbers of the colors (Orange and green) (12 and 7)

Answer 9

can you help me with one more?

Answer 10

Sure

Answer 11

okay, so lets try with a first.

Answer 12

\[-1\frac{ 5 }{ 6 } + -\frac{ 6 }{ 5 } = ?\]

Answer 13

What does that =?

Answer 14

= 61/30

Answer 15

and how did you get that?

Answer 16

http://www.calculatorsoup.com/calculators/math/fractions.php

Answer 17

well, its not quite right. when i did it with my calculator I got \[-3\frac{ 1 }{ 30 }\]

Answer 18

lol i messed up i tried it again and got that

Answer 19

Ah, okay.

Answer 20

So, we know it isn't A.

Answer 21

lets move on to B

Answer 22

yup

Answer 23

so..

Answer 24

\[-1\frac{ 5 }{ 6 } + -\frac{ 5 }{ 6 }\] =?

Answer 25

i got a timer on this and i got 5 min and 37 Question

Answer 26

ok

Answer 27

so, its not B.

Answer 28

what about c?

Answer 29

i think C is the best possible answer. :)

Answer 30

okay

Answer 31

i thinks its D.