Question

A drawer is filled with 9 black shirts, 6 white shirts, and 5 gray shirts.

One shirt is chosen at random from the drawer. Find the probability that it is not a white shirt.
Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.

Answer 1

There is a 7/10 chance that it is not white

Explanation:

To find this, start by finding the number of total shirts.

9 + 6 + 5 = 20

Now find the number that are not white.

9 + 5 = 14

Now divide the number of non-white by the number in total.

14/20

And simplify the fraction.

7/10