A bag contains 4 green jelly beans, 8 blue jelly beans, and 4 red jelly beans? What is the chance a student would pull a red jelly bean?   A. 25% B. 50% C. 75% D. 100%

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A bag contains 4 green jelly beans, 8 blue jelly beans, and 4 red jelly beans?

What is the chance a student would pull a red jelly bean?

 

A. 25%

B. 50%

C. 75%

D. 100%

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4 green jelly beans

8 blue jelly beans

4 red jelly beans

___________________

16 total jelly beans

 

P(select red jelly bean) = ? 

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