In a bag of keys, there are 14 silver keys, 6 black keys, 8 copper keys, and 3 painted keys of various colors. one key is drawn out at random. what is the probability that the key that is drawn is silver or copper?

The best thing to do here is to put each of these into fractions, with the total (31) as the denominator.
14/31= silver
6/31= black
8/31= copper
3/31= various colours.
As you're looking for the keys that are silver or copper, you've got to add the two denominators together, which gives you 14+8= 22.
This cannot be simplified further, therefore, the probability of choosing either a silver or copper key is 22/31
Hope this helps :)

The question is kind of confusing. if it's asking how many variations of answers can you give. then do 4^5 for your answer.this would be something like the first question could be a and the 2nd c or first b next c etc. if you can, ask the teacher for a better confirmation of what it's asking. if i'm assuming correctly what it's asking, it's 625 different variations.