A bag contains 10 pieces of flavored candy

A bag contains 10 pieces of flavored candy: 4 lemon, 3 strawberry, 2 grape, and 1 cherry. One piece of candy will be randomly picked from the bag. What is the probability the candy picked is NOT grape flavored?

1. 1/5
2. 1/4
3. 1/2
4. 3/4
5. 4/5

Answer

The correct answer is E.

There are 10 - 2 = 8 pieces of candy that are not grape, and 8/10 = 4/5.