Question

A ball is drawn randomly from a jar that contains 5 red balls, 9 white balls, and 6 yellow balls. Find the probability of the given event. Write your answers as reduced fractions or whole numbers. (a) P( A red ball is drawn )= (b) P (The ball drawn is NOT red )= (c) P (A green ball is drawn )=

Answer 1

The probability of drawing a red ball is 1/4, the probability of not drawing a red ball is 3/4, and the probability of drawing a green ball is 0.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the probability of an event, we divide the number of favorable outcomes by the number of total outcomes.

Given that there are 5 red balls, 9 white balls, and 6 yellow balls in the jar,

(a) P(A red ball is drawn) = 5/20 = 1/4

(b) P(The ball drawn is NOT red) = 15/20 = 3/4

(c) P(A green ball is drawn) = 0/20 = 0