Question

Kyle’s bowl of cereal has 5 blue marshmallows, 2 yellow marshmallows, 3 pink marshmallows, and 4 green marshmallows. if he picks one marshmallow at random, what is the probability that the marshmallow is green?

Answer 1

To be able to answer this item, first we add up all the number of marshmallows. That is,
                                n = 5 + 2 + 3 + 4 = 14
Out of the 14 marshmallows, only 4 of which are green which will lead us to the answer to this item being equal to 4/14 or 2/7. 

Answer 2

Answer: The probability of picking the one marshmallow is green=$=\frac{2}{7}$

Step-by-step explanation:

The number of green marshmallow = 4

The total number of marshmallows =5+2+3+4=14

The probability of picking the one marshmallow is green$=\frac{\text{number of green marshmallows}}{\text{total marshmallows}}$

⇒The probability of picking the one marshmallow is green=$\frac{4}{14}=\frac{2}{7}$

∴The probability of picking the one marshmallow is green=$=\frac{2}{7}$