You have the same bowl, with 5 orange, 6 blue, 3 green, 4 red and 7 yellow candies. You take out an orange candy from the bowl. What is the new probability that you will draw another orange candy?

A
1
5
​5

​1
​​

B
1
6
​6

​1
​​

C
1
8
​8

​1
​​

D
5
2
4
​24

​5
​​

1 answer

The new probability that you will draw another orange candy after already taking one out is 4 orange candies remaining out of a total of 24 candies left in the bowl.

Therefore, the probability is D) 4/24 = 1/6.