A vase contains 7 red flowers,3 white flowers, and 5 yellow flowers.If George selects a flower from vase for wife,what is the probability that he will select a red one.

Answer 1

First add the number of flowers together in the vase.

7 + 3 + 5 = 15 total flowers

Then divide the number of red flowers by the total number of flowers in the vase.

7/15 = 0.4666666666

This rounds to 47%