SOLUTION: A golf ball is selected at random from a golf bag. If the golf bag contains 6 orange ​balls, 6 red ​balls, and 7 black ​balls, find the probability of

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Question 1155906: A golf ball is selected at random from a golf bag. If the golf bag contains 6

orange

​balls, 6

red

​balls, and 7

black

​balls, find the probability of the following event.
The golf ball is orange

or red
.
Answer by ikleyn(52781)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
.

Note that there are  6 + 6 + 7 = 20 balls, in all.


The probability under the question is  P =  +  =  =  = 0.6 = 60%.    ANSWER

Solved.

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