The Crafty Corner had a spring sale, so Elise bought a huge bag of assorted beads. She's curious about the colors of the beads, so she randomly picks one from the bag, records its color, then puts it back in. She does this 20 times and finds that she has picked 6 red, 2 blue, 5 green, 4 orange, and 3 purple beads. Based on the data, what is the probability of choosing a red bead? Write your answer as a fraction or whole number.
Q. The Crafty Corner had a spring sale, so Elise bought a huge bag of assorted beads. She's curious about the colors of the beads, so she randomly picks one from the bag, records its color, then puts it back in. She does this 20 times and finds that she has picked 6 red, 2 blue, 5 green, 4 orange, and 3 purple beads. Based on the data, what is the probability of choosing a red bead? Write your answer as a fraction or whole number.
Identify Trials and Outcomes: Identify total number of trials and number of successful outcomes for red beads. Elise picked beads 20 times and got red beads 6 times.
Calculate Probability: Calculate the probability of picking a red bead.Probability = Number of red beads picked / Total number of picksProbability = 206
Simplify Fraction: Simplify the fraction to find the final probability. 206 simplifies to 103.
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