CalculatorA bag of markers contains:• 4 yellow markers6 green markers2 red markers3 pink markers5 purple markersJackson chose a marker from the bag at random and then replaced it. He did that a total of 100 times. What is a reasonableprediction for the number of times Jackson chose a purple or green marker?..

Respuesta :

Suppose that the different markers are indistinguishable from one another except for their color.

Therefore, the probability of grabbing a purple marker is

[tex]P(purple)=\frac{5}{4+6+2+3+5}=\frac{5}{20}[/tex]

While the probability of taking a green marker is

[tex]P(green)=\frac{6}{20}[/tex]

Thus, the probability of choosing a purple or green marker is

[tex]\begin{gathered} P(purple\cup green)=\frac{5}{20}+\frac{6}{20}=\frac{11}{20} \\ \end{gathered}[/tex]

Finally, multiply the probability above by the 100 trials,

[tex]100*\frac{11}{20}=5*11=55[/tex]

Therefore, the answer is 55 markers.