Question

A bag contains 5 green and 3 white balls (the balls are identical in all respect except colour). A ball is drawn at random from the bag without looking into the bag. What is the probability of getting a green ball? Is it more or less than getting a white ball?​

Answer 1

Probability of getting a green ball is more than that of getting a white ball.

Explanation:

There are in all (5+3= 8) outcomes of the experiment. There are 5 outcomes in favour of the event of getting a green ball as there are 5 identical green balls in the bag.

Therefore, P(a green ball) = 5/8

In the same way,P(a white ball) = 3/8

• 5/8 > 3/8

Thus, clearly the probability of getting a green ball is more than that of getting a white ball.