Question

There are only red sweets and yellow sweets in a bag.

There are n red sweets in the bag.
There are 8 yellow sweets in the bag.
Sajid is going to take at random a sweet from the bag and eat it.
He says that the probability that the sweet will be red is
7
10
(a) Show why the probability cannot be
7
10

Answer 1

Red sweets

_______

Total number =

N÷n+8

Probility is 7/10=n÷n+8

10n= 7n+56

3n=56

N= 56/3 but it has to be a whole number so 7/10