Question

Owen knows he only has three pencils in his backpack, and they are all yellow. He reaches into his backpack without looking and takes out a pencil. What is the probability that the pencil was yellow? Answer options with 5 options A. 0-thirds B. 1-third C. 2-thirds D. 3-thirds E. 3 over 1 I NEED ACTUAL ANSWERS NOT JUST STUPID PEOPLE WITH A POOR SENSE OF HUMOR

Answer 1

D; 3-thirds

Explanation:

Here is a probability question.

Firstly, we need to understand that the probability of any event is between 0 and 1; it cannot be negative and cannot be more than 1.

So the probability we want to calculate here is simply the probability of drawing a yellow pencil.

The way to go about this is by dividing the number of yellow pencils by the total number of pencils

Mathematically;

Probability of bringing out a yellow pencil= Number of yellow Pencils/ Total number of pencils

From the question, we are told that the number of pencils = number of yellow pencils = 3

Thus the probability will be 3/3 = 1

This cannot be found in the options right?

1 is the same as 3-thirds meaning 3 * 1/3 = 1