Question

A basket contains five apples and seven peaches. Four of the apples and two of the peaches are rotten. You randomly pick a piece of fruit. It is fresh or it is an apple. Find the probability of this occuring.

Answer 1

2/35possible outcomes:5*7=35fresh or apple = 22/35

Answer 2

Answer:
`(5)/(6)`

Explanation:

Given

5 apples and 7 peaches out of which 4 apples and 2 peaches is rotten

i.e. 1 apple and 5 peaches is fresh

probability of fresh fruit is =
`(6)/(12)`

probability of apple =
`(5)/(12)`

Probability of both =
`(1)/(12)`

Probability of fresh or an apple is=
`(6)/(12)+(5)/(12)-(1)/(12)`

=
`(5)/(6)`