Question

6. A candy jar contains candies of the same size in three flavors: lime, cherry, and licorice. If the probability of randomly pulling out a lime candy is 3/8, and the probability of randomly pulling out a cherry candy is 2/8, what is the probability of randomly pulling out a licorice flavored candy?

Answer 1

all the probabilities must sum up to 1

so you must find 1 - probability of getting lime - probability of getting cherry

Answer 2

how do i do that

Answer 3

1 - 2/8 - 3/8 = ?

Answer 4

1/8

Answer 5

you're very close

hint = 1 = 8/8

so 8/8 - 2/8 - 3/8 = ?

(start by subtracting the numerators)

Answer 6

would it be 3/8

Answer 7

good so 3/8 = your solution