Question

(b) A bag contains five red counters and 3 blue counters. One counter is taken at random from the bag. What is the probability of obtaining a red counter?
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Answer 1

Answer:

p(obtaining a red counter) = 0.625

Step-by-step explanation:

The total number of counters in the bag is 5 + 3 = 8.

and only 5 are red.

Then

the probability of obtaining a red counter is :

$= \frac{5}{8} = 0.625$