Question

A shelf has 20 bags of potatoes. Two of the bags have potatoes starting to go bad.

The probability of drawing a bag with bad potatoes is less than 1.
True or False

The probability of drawing a bag with good potatoes is greater than 0.
True or False

What is the probability of drawing a bag with bad potatoes?


What is the expected probability of the complement of the event?

Answer 1

The probability of drawing a bag with bad potatoes is less than 1. True

The probability of drawing a bag with good potatoes is greater than 0. True

What is the probability of drawing a bag with bad potatoes?

The probability of drawing a bag with bad potatoes is (2 bad bags) / (20 total bags) = 0.1 or 10%.

What is the expected probability of the complement of the event?

The complement of the event of drawing a bag with bad potatoes is drawing a bag with good potatoes. The probability of drawing a bag with good potatoes is (18 good bags) / (20 total bags) = 0.9 or 90%.

Uday Tahlan