The table shows the number of glass bottles of different colors in a shelf. A fair coin is shown below the table. Color of Glass Bottle Number Red 9 Blue 1 Green 6 Purple 4 A coin Danny selects a glass bottle from the shelf randomly without looking and then tosses the fair coin. What is the probability that he will select a purple glass bottle and that the coin will land heads up?

A. 1 over 10

B. 1 over 8

C. 1 over 6

D. 1 over 5

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Addison Brennan

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The table shows the number of glass bottles of different colors in a shelf. A fair coin is shown below the table. Color of Glass Bottle Number Red 9 Blue 1 Green 6 Purple 4 A coin Danny selects a glass bottle from the shelf randomly without looking and then tosses the fair coin. What is the probability that he will select a purple glass bottle and that the coin will land heads up?

A. 1 over 10

B. 1 over 8

C. 1 over 6

D. 1 over 5

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Gemma Monroe · Answer 1

The answer is A) 1/10.

There are 4 purple glasses out of 20 total; this gives us P (purple) = 4/20 = 1/5.

The probability of flipping a coin and getting heads is 1/2, since there are 2 sides and only one is heads.

Together, we have 1/5 (1/2) = 1/10