John has 21 coloured pencils in a bag.
6 of the pencils are red.
John pulls out one pencil at random.
What is the probability that it will be red?
He has 28.57% chance of pulling a red pencil
6/21 = 28.57%
Thank you
But my homework is giving me a choice of 5 answers
2/7
3/8
1/7
1/3
2/5
Which one is it?
You believed a person whose screenname is I'mBatMan! <shaking my head!>
Simplify the fraction:
6/21
What do you end up with?
To find the probability of getting a red pencil, you need to divide the number of red pencils by the total number of pencils.
In this case, John has a total of 21 colored pencils, and 6 of them are red. So, the probability of pulling out a red pencil can be calculated as:
Probability = Number of red pencils / Total number of pencils
Probability = 6 / 21
Simplifying the fraction, we have:
Probability = 2 / 7
Therefore, the probability of pulling out a red pencil is 2/7 or approximately 0.2857.