If a jellybean is chosen at random from a jar containing 3 blue jellybeans, 8 red jellybeans and 13 green jellybeans, then the probability that the jellybean chosen is red is:

a) 1/2.
b) 1/3.
c) 1/7.
d) 1/8.
e) 13/24.

3 answers

What is the total number of jellybeans?
How many of those are red?
reduce that fraction to lowest terms
Like I said stop cheating Josh grade 8 is simple
3+8+13 = 24

8 red jellybeans = 8/24

that simplified comes out to 1/3