Question

There are 15 pieces of the same size candy in a bag. Four are banana flavored, three strawberry flavored, and two orange flavored. What would be the probability of picking an orange or a cherry flavored candy from the bag? Write your answer as percent rounded to the nearest tenth.

Answer 1

Given:

Total number of candy in a bag is 15.

Number of orange flavored candy is 2

Number of cherry flavored candy is 6

Let A be the event of picking an orange or a cherry flavored candy from the bag.

$\begin{gathered} n(A)=2+6 \\ n(A)=8 \end{gathered}$$P(A)=\frac{8}{15}$$\begin{gathered} \text{Percentage}=\frac{8}{15}\times100 \\ \text{Percentage}=53.3\text{ \%} \end{gathered}$