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Suppose there are five jelly beans in a box—two red and three green. A friend claims that if a jelly bean is selected at random, the probability that it is red is 1/2 because there are two outcomes, red and green. Explain what's wrong with that argument.

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Explanation:

The given statement is wrong because there two red and three green jelly bean so the probability of selecting a green jelly will always be more than selecting a red jelly.

Also mathematically

Probability [tex]=\frac{Favorable\ outcome}{Total outcome}[/tex]

Probability of selecting red jelly[tex]=\frac{2}{5}=0.4[/tex]

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