SOLUTION: There are 15 numbered pool balls in a wooden box. If a ball is drawn, what is the probability that the number is less than 4?

Question 1177385: There are 15 numbered pool balls in a wooden box. If a ball is drawn, what is the probability that the number is less than 4?
Found 2 solutions by Theo, ikleyn:
Answer by Theo(13342) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
pool balls are numbered 1 through 15.

you pull one ball out of the bunch.

in order for that number to be less than 4, the number can only be 1, 2, or 3.

the probability of getting a ball numbered 1 through 3 is 3/15 = 1/5.

Answer by ikleyn(52814) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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It does not matter that the box is wooden.

What is IMPORTANT, is that the 15 balls are numbered from 1 to 15.

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