Answer: 1/5
Step-by-step explanation: To find the probability of selecting a mint out of the jar, we use our ratio for the probability of an event which is shown below.
(P) event = <em>number of favorable outcomes/total number of outcomes</em>.
Since there are 7 mints in the jar, the number of favorable outcomes is 4 and since there are 35 candies in all,
the total number of outcomes is 35.
Therefore, the probability of selecting a mint is 7/35.
Notice however that 7/35 is not in lowest terms so we need to divide the numerator and denominator of 7/35 by their greatest common factor of 7 to get 1/5.
So our final answer for the probability of selecting a mint is 1/5.
