Suppose you have a bag of colored elastic bands and you choose one without looking. The probability the elastic band you choose is blue is ​P(blue​)equals0.5. Write this probability as a percent and a fraction. Use a word or phrase to describe this probability.

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Answer 1

To express the probability \( P(\text{blue}) = 0.5 \) as a percent, you can multiply the decimal by 100:

\[ P(\text{blue}) = 0.5 \times 100 = 50% \]

As a fraction, \( 0.5 \) can be expressed as:

\[ P(\text{blue}) = \frac{1}{2} \]

A word or phrase to describe this probability is "50% chance" or "one-half chance."

So, the final answers are:

Part 1: \( P(\text{blue}) = 50% \)
Fraction: \( P(\text{blue}) = \frac{1}{2} \)
Description: "50% chance" or "one-half chance."