Question

A box contains 5 red, 8 blue and 3 green pens. Rutuja wants to pick a pen at random. What is the probability that the pen is blue? Solve the word problem

Answer 1

total no of outcomes is 5+8+3=16
thus, probability of picking the blue pen is
8/16=1/2..
hope u find it helpful.....

Answer 2

Hey!

Here is your answer!
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Favourable outcomes = 8

Possible outcomes =5+8+3=16
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We know that,

$probablity = \frac{favourable \: outcomes}{possible \: outcomes}$

P(blue)=8/16

P(blue)=1/2
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So the probability of drawing a blue pen is 1/2
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Hope it's satisfactory!!