A sack holds 6 red delicious apples and 9 honey crisp apples. An apple is pulled out of the sack at random and then placed back in the sack. How many times can you expect that a red delicious apple will be pulled out of the sack in 80 tries? A. 28 B. 32 C. 40 D. 53

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20 March, 05:08

A sack holds 6 red delicious apples and 9 honey crisp apples. An apple is pulled out of the sack at random and then placed back in the sack. How many times can you expect that a red delicious apple will be pulled out of the sack in 80 tries? A. 28 B. 32 C. 40 D. 53

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Bria Cobb · Answer 1

I think is 53, but I am not sure. what I did was,

9*9-1=53.

Jameson Novak · Answer 2

6 red and 9 honey:

Total = 6 + 9 = 15.

Probability of picking red = Number of red / Total = 6/15 = 2/5

So if we have 80 tries, number of red = Probability of red * Number of tries

= 2/5 * 80 = 32

B. 32.