Question

A bag contains 19 blue, 28 purple, 21

red, and 29 orange balls. You pick
one ball at random. Find the
probability that it is not blue.
P(not blue) =
Simplify your answer completely.

Answer 1

78/97

Explanation:

First, add up all the balls to find the total amount of balls in the bag (19+28+21+29). Then determine how many balls are not blue (you could either take the total and subtract 19 or add up all the colors that are not blue). There are 97 balls total and 78 of them are not blue which is shown as 78/97. 78/97 cannot simplify further.