In a bag there are pink buttons, yellow buttons and blue buttons.
There are five times as many pink buttons as yellow buttons.
number of yellow buttons : number of blue buttons = 4 : 7

One button is selected at random.
Work out the probability that the button is either pink or blue.
Give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.

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Answer:

27/31

Step-by-step explanation:

5pink : 1yellow

4yellow : 7blue

times the first ratio by 4 so that the yellows are equal (if that makes sense)  

20pink : 4yellow : 7blue = 31 buttons

so the total is 31 buttons alltogether

and the pink and blue buttons together = 27 buttons

so 27/31 is the probability the button is pink or blue