Question

A hat contains pieces of paper marked with the numbers 1 through 16. Tell whether picking an even number is impossible, unlikely, as likely as not,or certain. Tell whether the probability is 0, close to 0,1/2, close to 1 ,or 1.

Answer 1

Picking an even number is an as likely event and it's probability is 1/2

Explanation:

We know that the numbers present are 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16

The odd numbers are 1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15

The even numbers are 2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16

There are 8 even numbers and 8 odd numbers.

And also if we pick a number it should be either an even number or an odd number.

Probability(Getting an even number) =
`(even number)/(even number+oddnumber)`

Probability =
`(8)/(8+8)` = 1/2

Therefore picking an even number is an as likely event and it's probability is 1/2