Jimmy purchased a package of jelly beans that contained 75 jellybeans. Out of the 75 jellybeans, 8 are pink, 17 are orange, 22 a
re red, 18 are green, 6 are white and 4 are black.Jimmy later noticed that the package of jellybeans contained a hole and two jellybeans dropped out of the package while he was walking home.
D. One of the jellybeans that slipped out was orange and one was black
Step-by-step explanation:
We calculate the option with the highest probability of occurrence :
Total number of jellybean = 75
n(T) =75
n(Pink) = 8
n(red) = 22
n(Orange) = 17
n(green) = 8
n(white) = 6
n(black) = 4
We assume that the jelly beans must have slipped out one after the other.
Evaluating the options :
A.)
P(pink) and P(white)
8/75 * 6/74 = 0.0086486
B.)
P(green) and P(green)
8/75 * 7/74 = 0.0100900
C.)
P(white) and P(white)
6/75 * 5/74 = 0.0054054
D.)
P(orange) and P(black)
17/75 * 4/74 = 0.0122522
From the probability values obtained, the highest is D. Hence, the most likely to have occurred is One of the jellybeans that slipped out was orange and one was black
