Question

Mary Katherine has a bag of 3 red apples, 5 yellow apples and 4 green apples. Mary takes a red apple out of the bag and does not replace it. What is the probability that the next apple she takes out is yellow?
A)
5
44
B)
4
11
C)
5
12
D)
5
11

Answer 1

Question:

Mary Katherine has a bag of 3 red apples, 5 yellow apples and 4 green apples. Mary takes a red apple out of the bag and does not replace it. What is the probability that the next apple she takes out is yellow?

The solution is 5/11

Since Mary Katherine takes a red apple out of the bag, there are 11 apples left. Five of those apples are yellow. So the probability of taking a yellow apple out of the bag is  5/11

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Answer 2

D) 
5
11

This is because there were originally 12 apples and because she did not replace the apple she took out, she has a higher probability of getting a yellow apple