Question

A factory produces 80,000 candies each day. They produce equal quantities of four favors: cherry,lemon,orange,and strawberry. The candies are mixed together during packaging. what is the probability that the randomly selected candy is orange?

Answer 1

Answer:

0.25 is the probability that the randomly selected candy is orange.

Step-by-step explanation:

We are given the following in the question:

Total number of candies = 80,000

Four equal number of flavored candies:

cherry,lemon,orange,and strawberry

Thus, number of orange candies =

$= \dfrac{\text{Total number of candies}}{4}\\\\=\dfrac{80000}{4} = 20000$

Thus, 20,000 orange flavored candies are produced.

$\text{Probability} = \displaystyle\frac{\text{Number of favourable outcomes}}{\text{Total number of outcomes}}$

P(orange) =

$=\dfrac{\text{Number of orange candies}}{\text{Total number of candies}}\\\\=\dfrac{20000}{80000} = \dfrac{1}{4} = 0.25$

0.25 is the probability that the randomly selected candy is orange.