A bowl contains candies of the same size in three flavors: orange, strawberry, and pineapple. If the probability of randomly pulling out an orange candy is 1/9 and the probability of randomly pulling out a strawberry candy is 2/9 what is the probability of randomly pulling out a pineapple candy
The sum of the probabilities of pulling out an orange, strawberry, and pineapple candy must equal 1.
Let x be the probability of pulling out a pineapple candy.
So:
1/9 + 2/9 + x = 1
3/9 + x = 1
x = 1 - 3/9
x = 6/9
x = 2/3
Therefore, the probability of randomly pulling out a pineapple candy is 2/3.