Answer:
1/2 of the jelly beans were either red or green.
Step-by-step explanation:
Of the 12 jellybeans, 1/3 were red, and 1/6 were green; this means the number of red jellybeans were
[tex]\frac{1}{3} *12=4 \:red\:beans,[/tex]
and the number of green jellybeans were
[tex]\frac{1}{6} *12=2 \:green\:beans,[/tex].
This means that we have 4+2=6 jellybeans that are either red or green. Now this 6 is
[tex]\frac{6}{12} =\frac{1}{2}[/tex]
fraction of the total jelly beans.
Therefore 1/2 of the jellybeans were either red or green.
The appropriate number of red and green jellybeans are colored in the figure attached.
