SOLUTION: A ball is drawn randomly from a jar that contains 4 red balls, 2 white balls, and 3 yellow balls. Find the probability of the given event. Write your answer as a simplified fracti

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Question 1160815: A ball is drawn randomly from a jar that contains 4 red balls, 2 white balls, and 3 yellow balls. Find the probability of the given event.
Write your answer as a simplified fraction.
A red ball is drawn?

A white ball is drawn

A yellow ball is drawn?

Answer by Boreal(15235)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
9 balls, 4 red, probability first is red is 4/9
for white, it is 2/9
for yellow, it is 3/9 or 1/3

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