Question

A package of balloons contains 5 green, 3 yellow, 4 red, and 8 pink balloons. Suppose you reach in the package and choose one balloon at random. What is the probability of choosing a PINK balloon?

Answer 1

There is a 40% chance of picking pink
(5+3+4+8=20) 8 balloons divided by 20 is 0.4. So there’s a 40% chance

Answer 2

Probability of choosing pink balloon is
`(2)/(5)`.

Explanation:

Given,

Number of green balloons = 5

Number of yellow balloons = 3

Number of red balloons = 4

Number of pink balloons = 8

Total number of balloons = 5+3+4+8 = 20

To find the probability of pink balloon.

Formula

Probability of an even = number of outcomes ÷ total number of outcomes

So,

Probability of choosing pink balloon =
`(8)/(20)` =
`(2)/(5)`