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Answer 1

A box contains 100 colored chips; some are pink and some are blue. Milton chooses a chip at random, records the color, and places it back in the bag. Milton has recorded 12 pink chips and 18 blue chips. Using these results, what is the predicted number of pink chips in the box?

Answer 2

I think its 40

Answer 3

@agent0smith

Answer 4

its probability

Answer 5

What is the current probability of pink?

Answer 6

12/100

Answer 7

blue is 18/100

Answer 8

No, "Milton has recorded 12 pink chips and 18 blue chips" he has not tossed 100.

Answer 9

:/?

Answer 10

Ignore everything else. Look at that statement. Work out probability of pink.

Answer 11

He recorded 12

Answer 12

What does that mean?

Answer 13

"Milton has recorded 12 pink chips and 18 blue chips"
probability of pink over total =

Answer 14

12/30

Answer 15

12/100

Answer 16

Ignore everything else.
"Milton has recorded 12 pink chips and 18 blue chips"
probability of pink over total =

Answer 17

im not trying to be a pplake

Answer 18

hahaha i know

Answer 19

what is the total?

Answer 20

is it 100 or 30 (18+12)

Answer 21

Ignore everything else. Pretend this is all you have:
"Milton has recorded 12 pink chips and 18 blue chips"
probability of pink over total =

Answer 22

12 pink chips and 18 blue chips so far

Answer 23

(stuck)

Answer 24

How many pink over how many total?

Answer 25

12/18

Answer 26

he pulled out a total of 30 so far

Answer 27

out of that 30 there was 12 pink

Answer 28

So how many pink over how many total?

Answer 29

That's the probability of pink

Answer 30

12/30

Answer 31

Now you can multiply that by the actual original total to get the expected amount

Answer 32

multiply 12 by the original total?

Answer 33

No, multiply what you just wrote

Answer 34

12*18?

Answer 35

im not trying to pphalke

Answer 36

im just confused

Answer 37

Go back, what was the probability of pink, that you just wrote?

Answer 38

12/18

Answer 39

Pretend this is all you have:
"Milton has recorded 12 pink chips and 18 blue chips"
probability of pink over total =

Answer 40

12/30

Answer 41

Now you can multiply that by the actual original total number of chips, to get the expected amount

Answer 42

thats 40

Answer 43

12/30 = 0.4

Answer 44

Right. 12/30*100 = 40

Answer 45

(12/30)*100 = 40

Answer 46

:/ thanks

Answer 47

can you help with another problem? its not as difficult

Answer 48

This one wasn't that difficult, you just pphalked it up ;P

Answer 49

lmao you know he was here a minute ago?

Answer 50

hahaha

Answer 51

you know that pphalke is like Flake
flake = to bail out or cancel on someone

Answer 52

when someone says someone flaked that means the didnt wanna do something