SOLUTION: A jar on your desk contains 12 black, 8 red, 10 yellow, and 5 green jellybeans. You pick a jellybean without looking. Find the probability that it is red or yellow.

Question 808044: A jar on your desk contains 12 black, 8 red, 10 yellow, and 5 green jellybeans. You pick a jellybean without looking. Find the probability that it is red or yellow.
Answer by ultimate44(2) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Say;

black jellybeans=12,

red jellybeans=8,

yellow jellybeans=5,

green jellybeans=5,

total jellybeans=12+8+5+5=30

Therefore:

P(red jellybeans)=8/30.. while p(yellow jellybeans)=5/30

Hence.p(red or yellow)=(8/30)+(5/30)=13/30
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