Question

A laundry basket has 24 t-shirts in it. Four are navy, twelve are red and the remaining are white. What is the probability of not selecting a red shirt? *

Answer 1

50%

Explanation:

Identify the population of shirts that are *NOT red.* In this case 12 are red. This means that 12 shirts are *not red.* 12/24 = .5 or 50% probability.