Question

You are going to play mini golf. A ball machine that contains 2121 green golf balls, 2424 red golf balls, 2121 blue golf balls, and 1919 yellow golf balls, randomly gives you your ball. What is the probability that you end up with a blue golf ball? Express your answer as a simplified fraction or a decimal rounded to four decimal places.

Answer 1

0.2471

Explanation:

The total number of balls in the ball machine is ;

2121+2424+2121+1919= 8585

Therefore the probability of picking a blue golf ball as;

2121/8585= 0.247059

= 0.2471 to 4 decimal places.