A jar of 50 sour ball candies contains only 3 flavors. If there are 18 orange, 12 lemon, and 20 cherry sour balls, what is the probability that a randomly selected sour ball will be lemon or cherry?

Answer

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chisnau

Option B. 12 / 125 is the answer.

Explanation

Total umber of sour ball candies = 50

Number of lemon candies = 12

Hence the probability to get a lemon candy is = 12/50

Number of cherry sour balls = 20

So, the probability to get a cherry sour ball = 20/50

So, to get the joint probability for a random selection to either get a lemon or cherry candy, we will multiply both the probabilities.

12/50 x 20/50 = 12/125

Step-by-step explanation:

Lemon: 12

Cherry: 20

Lemon plus cherry is 12+20 or 32.

32/50 is the probability,.64, or 64/100