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Syeda has a bag with 10 pink thimbles

and 20 silver thimbles. If she draws a
thimble from the bag without looking,
what is the probability that it will be
a pink thimble?

User Editate
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Answer:

33%

Explanation:

total number of thimbles are 30 and only 10 of those are pink, so divide 10 by 30

User Stormy
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The probability that a pink thimble will be drawn is 1/3

Probability is likelihood that an event will occur. The certainty that an event will occur is 1 which is equivalent to 100%.

This means that the value of a probability should not exceed 1 or 100% as percentage.

Probability = sample space / total outcome

The total outcome = 20 + 10 = 30 thimbles

the number of pink thimbles = 10

the probability of drawing pink thimble = 10/30

= 1/3

Therefore,the probability that a pink thimble will be drawn is 1/3

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