A bag contains 24 blue tiles, 6 navy tiles, 10 pink tiles, and 10 orange tiles. A tile is drawn at random. What is the theoretical probability, as a decimal, of drawing a blue tile? Round the decimal to the nearest hundredth.

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Jimena

19 October, 15:02

A bag contains 24 blue tiles, 6 navy tiles, 10 pink tiles, and 10 orange tiles. A tile is drawn at random. What is the theoretical probability, as a decimal, of drawing a blue tile? Round the decimal to the nearest hundredth.

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Mckay · Answer 1

The answer is 0.48. You add of the number of tiles to get 60. Then you make a fraction of 24/50. Multiply it by two to get the denominator to 100. You now have 48/100. Then you convert this into a decimal.