Question

There are 39 counters in a bag.

14 of the counters are red. The rest of the counters are blue.

One of the counters is taken at random.

What is the probability that the counter is blue?


Answer in fraction please, thanks.

Answer 1

Answer: The probability is 0.64

Step-by-step explanation: There are 39 counters in a bag. 14 of them are red and the remaining 25 are blue. Every time a counter is taken from the bag at random, there are altogether 39 possibilities regardless of the color of the counter drawn.

Also if we want to pick a blue counter from the whole lot, there are 25 possible chances.

Therefore the probability of picking a blue counter is shown as follows;

P(Blue) = Number of required outcomes ÷ Number of total possible outcomes

P(Blue) = 25/39

P(Blue) = 0.64

Therefore, the probability of taking a blue counter is 0.64 (or 64%)