Question

A bowl of candy is sitting on the counter. If there are twenty blue pieces, twelve red pieces, and eight yellow pieces in the bowl, what is the probability of randomly selecting a yellow piece?

Answer 1

Answer:

A 20% chance of being a yellow piece

Step-by-step explanation:

20 blue. 12 red. 8 yellow.

40 pieces of candy total

8/40 were yellow. by simplifying

2/10 were yellow. as a percentage 2/10 is 20%