A barrel contains only apples and oranges. There are twice as many apples as oranges. The apples are either re

Question

A barrel contains only apples and oranges. There are twice as many apples as oranges. The apples are either red or yellow, and 4 times as many apples are red as are yellow. If one piece of fruit is to be drawn at random from the barrel, what is the probability that the piece drawn will be a yellow apple? Give answer to the nearest tenth.__________% Remember to use just 4 spaces in the answer.

Answer 1

2/3 of the fruit are apples.
1/5 of the apples are yellow
P(yellow apple) = (2/3)(1/5) = 2/45 ≈ 4.4%

Answer 2

8/5x + 2/5x + x

13.33%