Instructions: Given that a bag of skittles has 15 blue candies, 16 orange candies, 12 yellow, 14 red, and 5 green candies, find the following probabilities. Enter all answers as reduced fraction. Do not use any spaces in your answers. When choosing one skittle, are the events “selecting a red skittle” and “selecting a blue skittle” mutually exclusive? Answer What is the probability that a red skittle is randomly chosen from the bag? P(�( Answer )=)= Answer What is the probability of choosing a blue skittle, putting it back, and then choosing a green skittle? P(�( Answer )=)= Answer

Instructions: Given that a bag of skittles has 15 blue candies, 16 orange candies, 12 yellow, 14 red, and 5 green candies, find the following probabilities. Enter all answers as reduced fraction. Do not use any spaces in your answers. When choosing one skittle, are the events “selecting a red skittle” and “selecting a blue skittle” mutually exclusive? Answer What is the probability that a red skittle is randomly chosen from the bag? P(�( Answer )=)= Answer What is the probability of choosing a blue skittle, putting it back, and then choosing a green skittle? P(�( Answer )=)= Answer

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

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Instructions: Given that a bag of skittles has 15 blue candies, 16 orange candies, 12 yellow, 14 red, and 5 green candies, find the following probabilities. Enter all answers as reduced fraction. Do not use any spaces in your answers.

When choosing one skittle, are the events “selecting a red skittle” and “selecting a blue skittle” mutually exclusive?

Answer

What is the probability that a red skittle is randomly chosen from the bag?

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)=)= Answer

What is the probability of choosing a blue skittle, putting it back, and then choosing a green skittle?

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)=)= Answer

What is the probability of choosing a skittle that is not blue?

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)=)= Answer

What is the probability of randomly choosing a green or blue skittle?

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What is the probability of choosing a green skittle, eating it, and then choosing a yellow skittle?

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)=)= Answer

What is the probability of choosing a red skittle on the second try given that the first skittle was red and it was eaten?

P(�( Answer

)=)= Answer

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