Question

Bungles the Clown is giving away balloons to the children at the school carnival. He has 10 red balloons, 7 green balloons, 11 blue balloons, 14 yellow balloons, and 8 purple balloons. Bungles randomly chooses a balloon to give to each child.

What is the probability that Bungles will select a yellow balloon?

Answer 1

14/50 which is simplified to 7/25 or if in a percent 28%

Answer 2

The probability of Bungles picking a yellow balloon is 14/42
 All you do is add up all of the balloons for the total outcome and keep the 14 for how many yellow there are