SOLUTION: A bag of skittles candies has the following assortment: 12 red, 5 blue, orange 15, 0 brown, 16 green, 7 yellow. Construct the probability for x.

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Question 198659: A bag of skittles candies has the following assortment: 12 red, 5 blue, orange 15, 0 brown, 16 green, 7 yellow. Construct the probability for x.
Found 2 solutions by arallie, jim_thompson5910:
Answer by arallie(162) About Me  (Show Source):
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Here we go:
Total Skittles, 55
Total colors, 5
If {red-r, blue-b, orange-o, green-g, yellow-y}
Then %22%7B12%2C+5%2C+15%2C+16%2C+7%7D%22=%22%7Br%2C+b%2C+o%2C+g%2C+y%7D%22
Therefore %22%7Br%2C+b%2C+o%2C+g%2C+y%7D%22x%2F55=P where P=probability
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Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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    x       |     P(x)
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   red      |    12/55 = 0.2182
   blue     |     5/55 = 0.0909
   orange   |    15/55 = 0.2727
   brown    |     0/55 = 0
   green    |    16/55 = 0.2909
   yellow   |     7/55 = 0.1273