Question

A box contains 6 black crayons, 4 blue crayons, 5 red crayons,3 yellow crayons, and 2 white crayons. One crayon is chosen at random. Write each probability as a fraction, a percent, and a decimal

Answer 1

The probability of getting black crayons is 0.3, blue crayons 0.2, red crayons  0.25, yellow crayons 0.15, and white crayons 0.1.

What is the probability?

Probability refers to a possibility that deals with the occurrence of random events. The probability of all the events occurring need to be 1.

P(E) = Number of favorable outcomes / total number of outcomes

A box contains 6 black crayons, 4 blue crayons, 5 red crayons,3 yellow crayons, and 2 white crayons.

One crayon is chosen at random.

The total number of crayons = 20

The probability of getting black crayons

= 6/20

= 0.3

The probability of getting blue crayons

= 4/20

= 0.2

The probability of getting red crayons

= 5/20

= 0.25

The probability of getting yellow crayons

= 3/20

= 0.15

The probability of getting white crayons

= 2/20

= 0.1

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