Question

Jill has 2 black, 4 blue, 1 yellow, 2 orange, and 3 purple crayons in a bag. Without looking she pulls out a crayon. What is the probability the crayon she pulls out will be orange? Enter your answer as a fraction. Please help!

Answer 1

Answer:

1/6

Step-by-step explanation:

Number of orange crayons = 2

Total number of crayons = 2 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 = 12

Probability is calculated as:

$\frac{\text{Number of Favorable outcomes}}{\text{Total number of outcomes}}$

Here the favorable or desired outcome is picking up an orange crayon. So number of favorable outcomes will be 2 as 2 orange crayons are available.

Total number of outcomes is 12 which is the sum of all the crayons available.

So, the probability the crayon she pulls out will be orange = $\frac{2}{12}=\frac{1}{6}$