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Question 787529: There are 10,000 balls in a basket. 2000 balls are red. 2000 balls are blue. The rest are green. Assume all the balls are mixed up and you are blindfolded. You stick your hand in the basket of balls.
What is the probability of reaching in and picking a red ball?
What is the probability of reaching in and not picking a red ball?
what is the probability of picking a green ball? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! There are 10,000 balls in a basket. 2000 balls are red. 2000 balls are blue. The rest are green. Assume all the balls are mixed up and you are blindfolded. You stick your hand in the basket of balls.
What is the probability of reaching in and picking a red ball?
P(red) = 2000/10,000 = 1/5
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What is the probability of reaching in and not picking a red ball?
P(not red) = 1-(1/5) = 4/5
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what is the probability of picking a green ball?
P(green) = (6000/10000) = 6/10 = 3/5
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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