SOLUTION: . A bowl contains 33 red beads, 11 white beads, 9 blue beads, and 15 black beads. If one bead is drawn at random, what are the probabilities of getting (a) a red bead

Question 1119069: . A bowl contains 33 red beads, 11 white beads, 9 blue beads, and 15 black beads. If one bead is drawn at random, what are the probabilities of getting

(a) a red bead

(b) a bead that is white or black

C) a bead that is neither red nor black

Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
68 beads
33/68 for red
26/68 for white or black.
neither red nor black--those two make up 48 beads, so it would be 20/68 for white and blue.
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