SOLUTION: Numbered disks are placed in a box and one disk is selected at random. If there are 4 red disks numbered 1 through 4, and 6 yellow disks numbered 5 through 10, find the probability

Question 430304: Numbered disks are placed in a box and one disk is selected at random. If there are 4 red disks numbered 1 through 4, and 6 yellow disks numbered 5 through 10, find the probability of selecting a red disk, given that an odd-numbered disk is selected.

Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Since there are 5 odd numbered disks out of 10, and 2 of those odd numbered disks are red, the chances of picking a red disk, given that it is odd numbered,are 2 out of 5.
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