Question

A box is filled with 2 brown cards,8 yellow cards, and 8 green cards. A card is chosen at random from the box. What is the probability that the card is not yellow?

Answer 1

2 brown, 8 yellow, 8 green, thus our sample space is 2+8+8 = 18.

What is the probability that the card is NOT yellow?  How many non-yellow are there?  well 2 + 8 = 10, favorable outcomes.

$\bf \cfrac{\stackrel{\textit{favorable outcomes}}{10}}{\underset{\textit{sample space}}{18}}\implies \cfrac{5}{9}\implies 0.\overline{555}\qquad \approx \qquad 55.6\%$