document.write( "Question 935692: A single ball is taken at random from an urn containing 10 balls numbered 1 through 10. What is the probability of obtaining the following:\r
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document.write( "a. An even-numbered ball
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document.write( "b. A ball different from 5
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document.write( "c. A ball that is either less than 5 or odd
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Algebra.Com's Answer #568974 by jim_thompson5910(35256)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! a. \r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "There are 10 balls. Five of them are even (2,4,6,8,10).\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Answer: 5/10 = 1/2 (don't forget to reduce all fractions fully)\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "------------------------------------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "b. \r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "There are 10 balls, 9 of which are not 5. Only 1 ball is labeled 5.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Answer: 9/10 \n" ); document.write( "------------------------------------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "c. \r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "There are 4 balls less than 5 (1,2,3,4) \n" ); document.write( "There are 5 odd numbers (1,3,5,7,9) \n" ); document.write( "Combine the two lists and toss out the duplicates to get {1,2,3,4,5,7,9} \n" ); document.write( "There are 7 numbers in this list {1,2,3,4,5,7,9} \n" ); document.write( "Out of 10 total\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Answer: 7/10 \n" ); document.write( " |