Question

Ivy has 4 tiles with pictures of plants and 5 tiles with pictures of animals. Ivy keeps all the tiles on a mat with the pictures hidden and mixes them up. She then turns one tile face up and finds the picture of a plant on it. She removes this tile from the mat and turns over another tile without looking. What is the probability that the second tile that Ivy turns over has a plant on it?

Answer 1

37.5%
44.4%
60.0%
80.0%

Answer 2

@ganeshie8

Answer 3

how many tiles have plant before she goes for the second turn ?

Answer 4

4?

Answer 5

wait 3

Answer 6

Yes, 3 is correct

Answer 7

total how many tiles are there before she goes for second turn ?

Answer 8

8?

Answer 9

careful, she has removed one plant tile

Answer 10

i think its 8 because she has 5 animal cards and when she goes for the second turn she has 3 plant cards right?

Answer 11

oops~ you're right!

Answer 12

so probability that the second tile that Ivy turns over has a plant on it is ?

Answer 13

3 out of 8?

Answer 14

Correct. simplify and convert to percentage

Answer 15

do you simplify 8 because you cant simplify 3

Answer 16

by simplify i mean plug into the calculator :)

3/8 = ?

Answer 17

0.375?

Answer 18

Yes, multiply by 100 to change into percentage

Answer 19

37.5?

Answer 20

looks good!

Answer 21

thanks alot :)

Answer 22

np:)