Joseph buys a bag of 60 pieces of taffy. In the bag, there are 6 cinnamon pieces, 18 raspberry pieces, 12 key lime pieces, and the rest are candy apple pieces. If he randomly draws one piece of taffy, what is the probability that it is a piece of key lime taffy? A. 0.1 B. 0.4 C. 0.02 D. 0.2
Mathematics · College · Tue Nov 03 2020
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Formula Used :
Probability = favorable outcome/Total outcome
Total taffy = 60
Lime taffy = 12
So, probability = 12/60
= 1/5
= 0.2
Hence, option (D) is correct.