(b) A bag contains five red counters and 3 blue counters. One counter is taken at random from the bag. What is the probability o

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f obtaining a red counter?
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densk [106] · Answer 1 · 2023-09-13T14:25:12+03:00

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Answer:

<h2>p(obtaining a red counter) = 0.625</h2>

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 :

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