A jar of jelly beans contains twelve red, eleven orange, ten green, six black, two blue, and one yellow. You pick a jelly bean at random. (a) Write the probability that it is black (as a reduced fraction and a percent rounded to the nearest 1%.) (b) Write the probability that it is not green (as a reduced fraction and a percent rounded to the nearest 1%.) (c) Write the probability that it is yellow or green (as a reduced fraction and a percent rounded to the nearest 1%.)

A jar of jelly beans contains twelve red, eleven orange, ten green, six black, two blue, and one yellow. You pick a jelly bean at random. (a) Write the probability that it is black (as a reduced fraction and a percent rounded to the nearest 1%.) (b) Write the probability that it is not green (as a reduced fraction and a percent rounded to the nearest 1%.) (c) Write the probability that it is yellow or green (as a reduced fraction and a percent rounded to the nearest 1%.)

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A jar of jelly beans contains twelve red, eleven orange, ten green, six black, two
blue, and one yellow. You pick a jelly bean at random.
(a) Write the probability that it is black (as a reduced fraction and a percent rounded to the
nearest 1%.)
(b) Write the probability that it is not green (as a reduced fraction and a percent rounded to
the nearest 1%.)
(c) Write the probability that it is yellow or green (as a reduced fraction and a percent
rounded to the nearest 1%.)

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