A shelf has four blue shirts, two green shirts, two gray shirts, one white shirt and one red shirt. You randomly choose one shirt from the shelves. Find the probability of choosing a red shirt. Give your answer as a percent (ex. 32%)

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Johan Bonilla

26 October, 18:18

A shelf has four blue shirts, two green shirts, two gray shirts, one white shirt and one red shirt. You randomly choose one shirt from the shelves. Find the probability of choosing a red shirt. Give your answer as a percent (ex. 32%)

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Jadyn Good · Answer 1

10%

Step-by-step explanation:

4 blue

2 green

2 gray

1 white

1 red

4 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 10

each t-shirt = 10 percent

so 1 red t-shirt = 10%

Dylan Singh · Answer 2

20 %

Step-by-step explanation:

four blue shirts, two green shirts, two gray shirts, one white shirt and one red shirt = 10 shirts

P (red) = number of red shirts / total

= 2/10

= 1/5

=20 %