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QUESTION: a box contains 95 pink rubber bands and 90 brown rubber bands. you select a rubber band at random from the box. find each probability. write the probability as a fraction in simplest form.

a. find the theoretical probability of selecting a pink rubber band
b. find the theoretical probability of selecting a brown rubber band

You have 185 bands in the box

pink 95/185 = 19/37
brown 90/185 = 18/37

Damon

how did you find those answers though

Yea, How did you get those answers?? I need to know ASAP

Wouldn't the probability be 1/185? Getting a pink one is the positive out come of 1, but there are 185 total. It says you are only pulling one out.

ummm wait wuts the answer

To solve this problem, we need to find the theoretical probability of selecting either a pink rubber band or a brown rubber band from the box.

a. To find the theoretical probability of selecting a pink rubber band:

Step 1: Determine the total number of rubber bands in the box. In this case, we have 95 pink rubber bands and 90 brown rubber bands, so the total number of rubber bands is 95 + 90 = 185.

Step 2: Determine the number of pink rubber bands in the box. In this case, we have 95 pink rubber bands.

Step 3: Divide the number of pink rubber bands by the total number of rubber bands to find the probability. So, the probability of selecting a pink rubber band is 95/185.

Therefore, the theoretical probability of selecting a pink rubber band is 95/185.

b. To find the theoretical probability of selecting a brown rubber band:

Step 1: Determine the total number of rubber bands in the box. In this case, we have 95 pink rubber bands and 90 brown rubber bands, so the total number of rubber bands is 95 + 90 = 185.

Step 2: Determine the number of brown rubber bands in the box. In this case, we have 90 brown rubber bands.

Step 3: Divide the number of brown rubber bands by the total number of rubber bands to find the probability. So, the probability of selecting a brown rubber band is 90/185.

Therefore, the theoretical probability of selecting a brown rubber band is 90/185.

To summarize:
a. The theoretical probability of selecting a pink rubber band is 95/185.
b. The theoretical probability of selecting a brown rubber band is 90/185.