A box sits on a desk filled with sticky notepads. It has 3 of each color in yellow, pink, and green. What is the probability of picking a pink or yellow sticky notepad from the box?
Write the probability as a percent, rounding to the nearest whole number.
and why
To find the probability of picking a pink or yellow sticky notepad from the box, we first need to calculate the total number of pink and yellow sticky notepads in the box.
Since there are 3 pink and 3 yellow sticky notepads in the box, the total number of pink and yellow sticky notepads is 3 + 3 = 6.
The total number of sticky notepads in the box is 3 (yellow) + 3 (pink) + 3 (green) = 9.
Therefore, the probability of picking a pink or yellow sticky notepad from the box is 6/9 = 2/3 or approximately 67%.
We round this percentage to the nearest whole number, giving us a probability of 67%.
The reason for this probability is because there are 6 pink and yellow sticky notepads out of a total of 9 sticky notepads in the box. This means that there is a 2 in 3 chance of picking a pink or yellow sticky notepad.