SOLUTION: A box is filled with 2 yellow cards, 6 blue,6 green. A card is chosen at random. What is the probability that the card is yellow or green?

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Question 1136036: A box is filled with 2 yellow cards, 6 blue,6 green. A card is chosen at random. What is the probability that the card is yellow or green?
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Use the basic definition of probability -- the ratio of "good" outcomes to all possible outcomes.

When choosing one of these cards, there are 8 good outcomes -- drawing either one of the 2 yellow of one of the 6 green.

The total number of possible outcomes is the total number of cards, which is 2+6+6 = 14.

So the probability of getting a yellow or green when 1 card is chosen is 8/14, or 4/7.

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