document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=117455>Question 117455</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> This is a question I need total help with\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Consider the following multiple-choice question:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A friend hides 12 yellow eggs and 16 purple eggs for you to find in an egg hunt. What is P(yellow) for the first egg you find?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A. 1/4 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "B. 1/3 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "C. 3/8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D. 3/7\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Explain why you can eliminate choices B and C.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is the correct answer to the question?  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #85460 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><B>bucky(2189)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=85460\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The answer to this problem is found by first determining how many eggs are hidden. The number<BR>\n" );
document.write( "of eggs that are hidden is the total of 12 and 16 which is a total of 28 eggs. Then you  have<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12 chances of finding a yellow egg as your first egg because there are 12 yellow eggs that are <BR>\n" );
document.write( "hidden. So the probability of finding a yellow egg first is the ratio of the number of <BR>\n" );
document.write( "yellow eggs to the total number of eggs. In fractional form this is:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and since 4 is a factor of both the numerator and the denominator of this fraction you can reduce<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the fraction by dividing the numerator and denominator by 4 to get:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So D is the correct answer.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can immediately eliminate answers B and C because the correct answer must have 28 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "as the original denominator. Therefore, the denominator of the correct answer must be<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a factor of 28 which are 28, 14, 7, 4, 2 and 1. Therefore, the correct answer must have<BR>\n" );
document.write( "one of these numbers as its denominator. Answers A and D do, but answers B and C do not. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Therefore, they can be eliminated.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps you to understand the problem a little better.<BR>\n" );
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