A bag has 2 blue, 3 red, and 5 yellow tiles. Find each probability. Write your answer in simplest form.
picking a blue tile
There are ten tiles
so
2/10 , 3/10, 5/10
In case you couldn't tell, P(blue) = 2/10
To find the probability of picking a blue tile, we need to know the total number of tiles in the bag and the number of blue tiles in the bag.
The total number of tiles in the bag is 2 blue + 3 red + 5 yellow = 10 tiles.
The number of blue tiles in the bag is 2.
Therefore, the probability of picking a blue tile is 2/10, which can be simplified to 1/5.
To find the probability of picking a blue tile, we need to determine the number of favorable outcomes and the total number of possible outcomes.
In this case, the number of favorable outcomes is the number of blue tiles, which is 2. The total number of possible outcomes is the total number of tiles in the bag, which is 2 + 3 + 5 = 10.
Therefore, the probability of picking a blue tile can be calculated as:
Number of favorable outcomes / Total number of possible outcomes = 2/10
Simplifying the fraction, we can divide both the numerator and the denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 2:
2/10 = 1/5
So, the probability of picking a blue tile is 1/5.