In a bag of jelly beans are red, green, purple, orange, and yellow candies. The following chart shows the number of each color of jelly beans in one particular bag. Use the chart to answer the question.

Question

In a bag of jelly beans are red, green, purple, orange, and yellow candies. The following chart shows the number of each color of jelly beans in one particular bag. Use the chart to answer the question.

What is the probability that the first piece of candy you pull out of the bag will be purple?

This is a table of Jelly Beans. The left column is labeled Colors. The right column is the number found in the bag. For green there are tweleve in the bag, for red eight, for orange eleven, for yellow thirteen, for purple seven.

Select the correct answer.

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Answer 1

In a bag of jelly beans are red, green, purple, orange, and yellow candies. The following chart shows the number of each color of jelly beans in one particular bag. Use the chart to answer the question.

The probability of selecting a purple jelly bean is 7 out of the total number of jelly beans in the bag.