Question

You are going to play mini golf. A ball machine that contains 23 green golf balls, 24 red golf balls, 17 blue golf balls, and 17 yellow golf balls, randomly gives you yourball. What is the probability that you end up with a blue golf ball? Express your answer as a simplified fraction or a decimal rounded to four decimal places.AnswerTablesKeypad

Answer 1

To answer this question we will use the following expression to compute the probability that an event occurs:

`(FavorableOutcomes)/(TotalOutcomes).`

Notice that there are a total of:

`23+24+17+17=81`

golf balls in the ball machine, from which 17 are blue.

Therefore the probability that the machine give us a blue golf ball is:

`(17)/(81).`

Answer:

`(17)/(81).`