Question

A man bas five packets and each contains 3 brown sugar cubes,and 1 white sugar cube from each packet. He randomly selects 1 cube from each packet. Find the probability that he selects exactly one brown sugar cube.

Answer 1

Answer:

total number of brown sugar cubes = 3

total number of white sugar cubes = 1

total number of sugar cubes = total no of brown sugar cubes + total no of white sugar cubes = 3 + 1 = 4

probability to select one brown sugar cube = total number of brown sugar cube / total number of sugar cube = 3/ 4

therefore the probability of selecting a brown sugar cube is 3/4 or 0.75