SOLUTION: can u answer this question. twenty-five balls are placed in a container. One ball is drawn at random. What is the probability of selecting one of the 4 red balls, or one of the 6

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Question 180074: can u answer this question.
twenty-five balls are placed in a container. One ball is drawn at random. What is the probability of selecting one of the 4 red balls, or one of the 6 black balls. (reduce)

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Answer by Alan3354(21608) About Me  (Show Source):
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can u answer this question.
twenty-five balls are placed in a container. One ball is drawn at random. What is the probability of selecting one of the 4 red balls, or one of the 6 black balls. (reduce)
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The chance of a red ball is 4/25
The chance of a black ball is 6/25
Add them up, it's 10/25 or 2/5.

Answer by stanbon(48568) About Me  (Show Source):
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twenty-five balls are placed in a container. One ball is drawn at random. What is the probability of selecting one of the 4 red balls, or one of the 6 black balls.
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P(red) = 4/25
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P(black) = 6/25
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Cheers,
Stan H.