7th grade math problem

Question

At a game booth, a student gets a box of candy as the prize for winning a game. The boxes come in four colors: white, red, green, and blue. There are 6 boxes of each color. All the boxes are equally likely to be given away as prizes. Which expression shows the probability of the first winner receiving a white box and the second winner also receiving a box of the same color?

Answer 1

Hi Michael, there is a total of 24 boxes of candy, four colors, each color having six boxes.

 

P(1st white) = 6/24, or 1/4

 

P(2nd white) = 5/23

 

P(first two white) = 1/4 * 5/23, or 5/92

 

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