A jar of sweets contains 5 yellow sweets, 4 red sweets, 8 green sweets, 4 orange sweets and 3 white sweets. Ola chooses a sweet

Answer:

The probability of selecting either yellow or orange sweets is 3 / 8

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Count of yellow sweets = 5

Count of red sweets = 4

Count of green sweets = 8

Count of orange sweets = 4

Count of white sweets = 3

Find:

The chance of choosing a yellow or orange sweet

Computation:

Total number of sweets = 24

The probability for choosing a yellow sweet is 5 / 24

The probability for selecting an orange sweet is 4 / 24

The probability of selecting either yellow or orange sweets can be calculated as 5/24 + 4 / 24

This gives us a probability of 9 / 24 for either yellow or orange sweets.

The probability of selecting either yellow or orange sweets is 3 / 8