SOLUTION: a box of crayons contains one crayo of each of the folloeing colors:red,orange,yellow,blue,purple,black,white,pink. (a)what is the probability of NOT choosing a 6-letter color? (

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Question 124838: a box of crayons contains one crayo of each of the folloeing colors:red,orange,yellow,blue,purple,black,white,pink.
(a)what is the probability of NOT choosing a 6-letter color?
(b)what is the complement of choosing green?

Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a box of crayons contains one crayo of each of the folloeing colors:red,orange,yellow,blue,purple,black,white,pink.
(a)what is the probability of NOT choosing a 6-letter color?
Prob(6-letter color) = 3/8
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(b)what is the complement of choosing green?
Prob(not green) = 7/8
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Cheers,
Stan H.

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