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Madelyn has a bag of candy full of 19 strawberry chews and 1 cherry chew that she eats one at a time. Which word or phrase describes the probability that she reaches in without looking and pulls out a strawberry chew?
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Madelyn has a bag of candy full of 1919 strawberry chews and 11 cherry chew that she eats one at a time. Which word or phrase describes the probability that she reaches in without looking and pulls out a strawberry chew?\newlineunlikely\newlinelikely\newlinean equal chance or 5050 50-50 \newlinecertain

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Q. Madelyn has a bag of candy full of 1919 strawberry chews and 11 cherry chew that she eats one at a time. Which word or phrase describes the probability that she reaches in without looking and pulls out a strawberry chew?\newlineunlikely\newlinelikely\newlinean equal chance or 5050 50-50 \newlinecertain
  1. Define Total Candies: Let's define the total number of candies in the bag.\newlineTotal candies =Number of strawberry chews+Number of cherry chews= \text{Number of strawberry chews} + \text{Number of cherry chews}\newlineTotal candies =19+1= 19 + 1\newlineTotal candies =20= 20
  2. Calculate Probability: Now, let's calculate the probability of pulling out a strawberry chew.\newlineProbability PP of pulling out a strawberry chew = Number of strawberry chews / Total number of candies\newlineP(strawberry chew)=1920P(\text{strawberry chew}) = \frac{19}{20}
  3. Describe Probability: The probability of pulling out a strawberry chew is 1919 out of 2020. This is a very high probability, so we can describe it as "certain" because there is a very high likelihood that a strawberry chew will be pulled out.

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