Question

At a school carnival, you pick a ball from two different containers. Each container is filled with red and green balls. How many possible outcomes are there?

A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 6

Answer 1

When picking from two containers each with red and green balls, there are 4 total possible outcomes: red-red, red-green, green-red, and green-green.

Step-by-step explanation:

If you pick a ball from two different containers where each container is filled with red and green balls, the number of possible outcomes is the product of the number of outcomes from each container. Since there are two possibilities in the first container (red or green) and two possibilities in the second container (red or green), we multiply the number of outcomes for each container:

2 (from the first container) × 2 (from the second container) = 4 total outcomes.

The possible combinations are red-red, red-green, green-red, and green-green. So, the answer to the question is C) 4.