Answer:
P(gummy bear) = [tex]\frac{4}{11}[/tex]
Explanation:
Probability of a certain outcome can be calculated as follows:
[tex]P(certain-outcome)=\frac{number-of-occurrences-of-this-outcome}{total-number-of-possible-outcomes}[/tex]
In the given problem we have:
20 gummy bears and 35 orange slices
We want to find P(gummy bear)
This means that:
number of occurrences of desired outcome = number of gummy bears = 20
Total number of possible outcomes = gummy bears + orange slices
Total number of possible outcomes = 20 + 35 = 55
Substitute with the givens in the above formula, we get:
[tex]P(gummy-bears)=\frac{20}{55}=\frac{4}{11}[/tex]
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