Question

Jake has a bag of 50 beads, some of which are blue and the remaining are green. Jake randomly pulls out a bead from the bag, records the color, and replaces it in the bag. Jake has already recorded 6 blue and 14 green beads. Based on these results, what is most likely the number of blue beads in the bag?
15
20
30
35

Answer 1

is it C 30?

Answer 2

>Jake has already recorded 6 blue and 14 green beads

Based on this sample of 20 beads from the bag, the proportion of blue beads is 6/20 = 3/10.

Answer 3

If there are 50 beads in the bag, then the number of blue beads of the 50 is likely to be this:

3/10 times 50. How many blue beads is that? @Nikki_Skellington

Answer 4

thats 15

Answer 5

oh ok so 15 is the answer correct?

Answer 6

Yes. That is what I got.

Answer 7

ok thx :D

Answer 8

You're welcome.