Question

To help divide a group into 4 teams, the teacher brought out a bag with equal numbers of 4 different colored popsicle sticks (green, yellow, blue, and red). With 28 students randomly picking a stick, what is the probability that the first stick drawn will be green? A. 0.250 B. 0.571 C. 0.036 D. 0.143

Answer 1

The set of all possible events Ω

Ω = 24 ( 4*7 = 28 stick)

set of events favorable A
A = 7 ( sticks of green is 7)

Probability P
P(A) = A/Ω = 7/28 = 1/4 = 0,25

Answer A
The first person has the ability to draw seven green sticks of twenty-four