Jackson has a bag of skittles and pours them out on a napkin. He counts

Question

orange,
purple,
red,
green and
yellow. Jackson places all the skittles back into the bag and selects one skittle with out looking, puts it back and selects another. What is the probability of Jackson choosing a green skittle? What is the probability of choosing a yellow skittle? Give a reason why.




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Answer 1

The probability of Jackson choosing a green skittle is 1/5 or 20% because there is 1 green skittle out of 5 total skittles.

The probability of Jackson choosing a yellow skittle is also 1/5 or 20% because there is 1 yellow skittle out of 5 total skittles.

These probabilities are based on the fact that there are 5 different skittles colors and each skittle has an equal chance of being chosen.