Jake has a bag of 50 beads, of which some are red and the remaining are yellow. jake randomly pulls out a bead from the bag, records the color, and replaces it in the bag. jake has already recorded 6 red and 9 yellow beads. based on the result, what is most likely the number of red beads in the bag? 10 20 30 40

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Julianne Wade

Mathematics

13 November, 01:24

Jake has a bag of 50 beads, of which some are red and the remaining are yellow. jake randomly pulls out a bead from the bag, records the color, and replaces it in the bag. jake has already recorded 6 red and 9 yellow beads. based on the result, what is most likely the number of red beads in the bag? 10 20 30 40

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Opie · Answer 1

Let the number of red beads be x, then the number of yellow beads is 50 - x.

Then, 6/9 = x / (50 - x)

9x = 6 (50 - x) = 300 - 6x

15x = 300

x = 300/15 = 20

Therefore, we expect 20 red beads in the bag.