Question

Shawn has a bag containing seven balls :one green, one orange, one blue ,only yellow ,one purple ,one white,and one red . All balls are equally likely to be chosen. Shawn will choose one ball without looking in the bag .

What is the probability that Shawn will choose the purple ball out of the bag ?

Answer 1

Answer: 1/7

Explanation:

There are seven balls in Shawn's bag, and he has to choose one ball out of them.

Since all the balls are equally likely to be chosen, the total number of outcomes can be found using the following formula:

Total number of outcomes = number of balls in the bag = 7

Now, Shawn has only one purple ball in his bag.

Hence, the number of favorable outcomes will be one.

Therefore, the probability of Shawn choosing the purple ball out of the bag can be calculated using the following formula:

Probability = Number of favorable outcomes/ Total number of outcomes

Probability of Shawn choosing the purple ball = 1/7 or 0.143 (rounded off to three decimal places).

Hence, the probability of Shawn choosing the purple ball out of the bag is 1/7.