Question

8. A bag contains 3 red balls and 5 black balls. A ball is drawn at random from the bag.
What is the probability that the ball drawn is (i) red ? (ii) not red?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Number of red balls =3

Number of black balls =5

Total number of balls =5+3=8

(i) Probability of drawing red balls =

TotalNumberofballs

Numberofredballs

=

8

3

(ii) Probability of drawing black balls =

TotalNumberofballs

Numberofblackballs

=

8

5

Answer 2

Answer:

probability for getting red ball = 3divided by 8