a bag of hershey miniatures candies contain 18 milk chocolates, 9 Mr.good bars, 9 krackel bars and 8 hershey dark chocolate. if a candy is chosen at random, find the probability that it is
A) A krackel or a Dark chocolate
B)Not a milk Chocolate bar?
MMMmmmm. I was working on this, but had to take a candy break!
whats the answer?
To find the probability of selecting a certain candy from the bag, we need to determine the total number of candies and the number of candies that meet the criteria.
Total number of candies in the bag = 18 (milk chocolates) + 9 (Mr. Good bars) + 9 (Krackel bars) + 8 (Hershey dark chocolates) = 44 candies
A) To find the probability of selecting a Krackel or a Dark chocolate, we need to determine the number of Krackel and Dark chocolate candies in the bag.
Number of Krackel bars = 9
Number of Hershey dark chocolates = 8
Number of Krackel or Dark chocolate candies = Number of Krackel bars + Number of Hershey dark chocolates = 9 + 8 = 17 candies
Therefore, the probability of selecting a Krackel or a Dark chocolate candy is:
Probability = Number of Krackel or Dark chocolate candies / Total number of candies
Probability = 17 / 44 ≈ 0.386 (rounded to three decimal places)
B) To find the probability of not selecting a milk chocolate bar, we subtract the number of milk chocolate bars from the total number of candies in the bag.
Number of milk chocolate bars = 18
Number of candies that are not milk chocolate bars = Total number of candies - Number of milk chocolate bars = 44 - 18 = 26 candies
Therefore, the probability of not selecting a milk chocolate bar is:
Probability = Number of candies that are not milk chocolate bars / Total number of candies
Probability = 26 / 44 ≈ 0.591 (rounded to three decimal places)