Question

Mary Katharine has a bag of 3 red apples, 5 yellow apples and 4 green apples. Mary takes a red apple out of the bag and does not replace it. What is the probability that the next apple she takes out if yellow

Answer 1

5/11

Explanation:

There are a total of 3 + 4 + 5 = 12 apples.

Mary removes a red apple, so there are a total of 11 apples left.

The probability that the next apple is yellow is 5/11.

Answer 2

the probability will be 5 out of 11 apples which is 5/11