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A bag contains 8 purple beads 2 blue beads and 2 pink beads. The probability of randomly drawing a pink beads is 1/6 . What is the probability of not drawing a pink bead

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8+2+2=12
Pink=2
2/12=1/6
10/12=5/6
The probability of not drawing a pink bead is 5/6.
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The probability of. Or picking pink would be 1 - the probability of picking pink:

1 - 1/6 = 5/6

Answer: 5/6

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