What you do, to convert a percention to a fraction is to divide the percent by 100. This will give you the fraction of that percent. Knowing this, you can eliminate all the other possible answers that have been listed.
Step-by-step explanation:
let us give all the quantities in the problem variable names.
x= amount in utility stock
y = amount in electronics stock
c = amount in bond
“The total amount of $200,000 need not be fully invested at any one time.”
becomes
x + y + c ≤ 200, 000,
Also
“The amount invested in the stocks cannot be more than half the total amount invested”
a + b ≤1/2 (total amount invested),
=1/2(x + y + c).
(x+y-c)/2≤0
“The amount invested in the utility stock cannot exceed $40,000”
a ≤ 40, 000
“The amount invested in the bond must be at least $70,000”
c ≥ 70, 000
Putting this all together, our linear optimization problem is:
Maximize z = 1.09x + 1.04y + 1.05c
subject to
x+ y+ c ≤ 200, 000
x/2 +y/2 -c/2 ≤ 0
≤ 40, 000,
c ≥ 70, 000
a ≥ 0, b ≥ 0, c ≥ 0.
Answer: 7/17
So there are 7 blue marbles and there are 17 marbles in total.
That means the probability of picking one blue marble is 7/17
