Alysia learns that when she opens a new bag of candy, she has a 2/5 chance of pulling out a piece of ridiculous raspberry and a 1/3 chance of pulling got a piece of killer kiwi. Could she have a 4/15 chance of pulling out a piece of Perfect Pitch? explain your reasoning.

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Jonathon Martinez

8 July, 04:43

Alysia learns that when she opens a new bag of candy, she has a 2/5 chance of pulling out a piece of ridiculous raspberry and a 1/3 chance of pulling got a piece of killer kiwi. Could she have a 4/15 chance of pulling out a piece of Perfect Pitch? explain your reasoning.

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Kylan May · Answer 1

2/5=6/15

1/3=5/15

11/15

yes. that would be the last one possible.

Lamar Haney · Answer 2

Yes, 2/5 has a denominator of 5, 1/3 having a denominator of 3, and 4/15 has a denominator of 15. 3 and 5 are factors of 15, so 3 times 5 = 15, 5 times 3 = 15 15 times 1 = 15. What you do the denominator, you must do to the numerator, so 1 times 5 = 5 (final fraction is 5/15), 2 times 3 = 6 (final fraction is 6/15) and the 4/15 stays the same. 5 + 6 + 4 = 15, final answer is 15/15, that's the entire bag, and she could have a 4/15 chance of pulling out a Perfect Pitch.