Question

A bag contains 8 purple beads 2 blue beads and 2 pink beads. The probability of randomly drawing a pink beads is 1/6 . What is the probability of not drawing a pink bead

Answer 1

To find the probability of NOT drawing a pink bead, you will take the highest probability of 1 and subtract the probability of getting a pink one (1/6).

1 - 1/6 = 5/6

There is a 5/6 probability of NOT getting a pink bead.