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Colored Beans
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Jessica put six different colored beans in a bag. She had red, blue, pink, orange, yellow, and purple colored beans. There were 30 beans total in the bag. There were 4 red beans, 2 blue beans, 6 pink beans, 5 orange beans, 4 yellow beans, and 9 purple beans. What is the probability that someone could pull a pink or a yellow bean out of the bag?
Answer
You have a one third chance of getting a pink or a yellow bean.6+4=10
10/30 = 1/3
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