SOLUTION: Six balls numbered from 1 to 6 are placed in a box. If one ball is selected at random, find the probability that it is an odd-numbered ball.

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Question 1201984: Six balls numbered from 1 to 6 are placed in a box. If one ball is selected at random, find the probability that it is an odd-numbered ball.
Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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The odd numbers from 1 to 6 are 1,3,5

So 3 of the six balls have an odd number on them.
one ball is chosen without looking into the bag, then
P(drawing an odd numbered ball)
= number of odd-numbered balls in the bag รท number of balls in the bag
=3/6
=1/2.