A family is trying to pick from different shades of paint for their living room. They have narrowed it down to 3 different blues and 6 different greens. The family decides to just randomly select a color from these. What is the probability they will pick a shade of blue? Enter your answer to the nearest percent in the box

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Donavan Khan

4 May, 09:33

A family is trying to pick from different shades of paint for their living room. They have narrowed it down to 3 different blues and 6 different greens. The family decides to just randomly select a color from these. What is the probability they will pick a shade of blue? Enter your answer to the nearest percent in the box

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Alena Figueroa · Answer 1

To find the denominator:

3+6=9

There are 3 shades of blues so our fraction is 3/9

To get the percent you multiply 3/9*100/1=300/9

300:9=33.33%

33.33 rounded to the nearest percent is 33%.

Your answer is 33%.