Question

A bag of jelly beans contains 4 black, 8 red, 5 orange, and 7 green jelly beans. If a student selects 1 jelly bean at random, what is the probability that he will select an orange jelly bean

Answer 1

17.8% because when you add all the beans you have a 5/28 chance to get a orange one 5/28 is .178 times that by 100 and you get 17.8

Answer 2

Answer:

There is a 20% chance of orange being picked from the bag.

Step-by-step explanation:

4+8+5+7=24

5=20% of 24

(Optional)

exact percentage = 20.83%

Hope this helped