Question

Which event is most likely to happen?

Answer 1

Solution: To find which event is most likely to happen, we need to find the probability of each event.

A) selecting a vowel from the word RADIATION

There are 9 letters in the word RADIATION. And there are 5 vowels in the given word.

Now the probability of selecting a vowel from the word RADIATION is:

P(Vowel) = $\frac{Number of vowels }{Total Number of letter}$

$=\frac{5}{9} =0.56$

B) turning ‘heads’ on a flipped coin

We know that probability of getting heads on a flipped coin is:

P(heads) =$\frac{1}{2} =0.5$

C) picking a blue ticket from a hat containing 8 red and 5 blue tickets

The probability of picking a blue ticket from a hat containing 8 red and 5 blue tickets is:

P(picking a blue ticket) $=\frac{5}{13}=0.38$

We clearly see the event "selecting a vowel from the word RADIATION" has the highest probability. Therefore the event "selecting a vowel from the word RADIATION" is most likely to happen.