Question

a cereal company puts a colored ring in each box of cereal there are six different ring colors the color of the Rings and each of 50 cereal boxes are shown Below in the table read is 7 blue is 15 green is a purple is 10 yellows 5 orange is 5 based on the data what is the probability that the next cereal box will contain a blue or yellow ring​

Answer 1

Answer:

17/50

Step-by-step explanation:

This is because you add the blue and yellow then you would always have your total of items at the bottom

Answer 2

Answer: $\dfrac{6}{25}$

Step-by-step explanation:

Given: Total number of cereal boxes = 50

Number of blue cereal box = 7

Number of yellow cereal box =5

Then the number of cereals which are either yellow of blue =  $7+5=12$

Now, the probability that the next cereal box will contain a blue or yellow ring​ is given by :-

$\text{P(yellow or blue)}=\dfrac{12}{50}=\dfrac{6}{25}$