A bag contains five yellow tickets numbered one to five. The bag also contains five green tickets numbered one to five. You rand

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omly pick a ticket. It is green or has a number greater than four. Find the probability of this occuring.

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tamaranim1 [39] · Answer 1 · 2023-05-03T04:16:19+03:00

The probability of picking a ticket that is green or has a number greater than four is 3/5

<h3>How to determine the probability?</h3>

The given parameters are:

Yellow = 1 - 5

Green = 1 - 5

Total = 10

There are 2 cards whose numbers are greater than 4 i.e. Yellow 5 and Green 5

So, we have:

P(Number greater than 4) = 2/10

There are 5 green cards.

So, we have:

P(Green) = 5/10

Also, 1 green card is numbered greater than 4

So, we have:

P(Green greater than 4) = 1/10

The required probability is:

P = P(Green) + P(Number greater than 4) - P(Green greater than 4)

This gives

P = 5/10 + 2/10 - 1/10

Evaluate

P = 6/10

Simplify

P =3/5

Hence, the probability of picking a ticket that is green or has a number greater than four is 3/5