Question

A bag contain 8 blue balls, 7 green balls and 5 red balls.What is the probability that the ball is red?

Answer 1

0.25

Explanation:

Total balls: 8 + 7 + 5 = 20

Red balls: 5

P(red) = 5/20 = 0.25

Answer 2

A bag contains:

8 blue balls.

7 green balls.

5 red balls.

The probability that the ball is red would be:

P = Red balls/Total balls = 5/(5+7+8) = 5/20 = 1/4 =0.25

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