Question

Kate has 24 skirts, out of which 10 are white. if kate randomly selects a skirt to wear, what is the probability it will be white?P(white skirt)=________

Answer 1

The correct answer is 0.42

White skirts = 10

Non-white skirts = 24 -10 = 14

Total skirts = 24

By formula,

`\text{Probability = }\frac{no\text{ of required outcomes}}{no\text{ of total outcomes}}`
`\text{Prob(white skirt) =}\frac{no\text{ of white skirts}}{\text{Total number of skirts}}=(10)/(24)=(5)/(12)\text{ = 0.417 }\approx\text{ 0.42}`

The probability of selecting a white skirt at random is 5/12 or 0.42

Hence, the correct answer is 0.42