I order to solve this you have to find out how how much root beer there is to the total amount of candy. 12/27. Then you find out what the percentage of root beer there is by dividing 12 by 27. It’ll give you a decimal point. Percentage has a maximum of 100%. And you’ll find out what percent based on this decimal. Factor it out of 1. The percentage you get is .44. By factoring out of 1 you can find out that the percentage is 44%. So the probability of finding a root beer out of all the candy is roughly 44%