Question

Three red balls, 5 green balls and a number of blue balls are put together in a sac. One ball is picked at random from the sac. If the probability of picking a red ball is 1|6, find the a) The number of blue balls in sac. B) the probability of picking a green ball. ​

Answer 1

a) 10 blue balls, b) 5/18

Explanation:

a)

R=3, G=5, B=x (unknown)

probability of picking red = 1/6 and red = 3 so total = 3(6) = total is 18

3+5 = 8 so B=18-8 -> B=10

b) total is 18 and G=5 so green probability = 5/18