Question

1. Imagine that you really love jelly beans and stock pile them after Easter every year.  The best variety is Brach’s Jelly Eggs which has seven varieties: Red, Pink, White, Black, Purple, Green, and Yellow.  In one bag, you find 32 Red, 27 Pink, 30 White, 12 Black, 25 Purple, 26 Green, and 27 Yellow.

   What is the probability that the first jelly bean you draw is pink?

QUESTION 2

1. Imagine that you really love jelly beans and stock pile them after Easter every year.  The best variety is Brach’s Jelly Eggs which has seven varieties: Red, Pink, White, Black, Purple, Green, and Yellow.  In one bag, you find 32 Red, 27 Pink, 30 White, 12 Black, 25 Purple, 26 Green, and 27 Yellow.

   Assume you eat the pink jelly bean from question 1. What is the chance of randomly selecting a yellow or purple jelly bean next?

QUESTION 3

1. Imagine that you really love jelly beans and stock pile them after Easter every year.  The best variety is Brach’s Jelly Eggs which has seven varieties: Red, Pink, White, Black, Purple, Green, and Yellow.  In one bag, you find 32 Red, 27 Pink, 30 White, 12 Black, 25 Purple, 26 Green, and 27 Yellow.

   You have now eaten one pink and one purple jelly bean. What is the probability of selecting anything other than a black jelly bean?  

QUESTION 4

1. Imagine that you really love jelly beans and stock pile them after Easter every year.  The best variety is Brach’s Jelly Eggs which has seven varieties: Red, Pink, White, Black, Purple, Green, and Yellow.  In one bag, you find 32 Red, 27 Pink, 30 White, 12 Black, 25 Purple, 26 Green, and 27 Yellow.

   Now you have eaten a pink, purple and green jelly bean. What is the probability that you select a white jelly bean followed by a red jelly bean?

Answer 1