Question

A box contains 8 pencils , 10 pens and 2 erasers. Find the Probability of getting a pencil when one object
is drawn from the box randomly.
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Answer 1

Answer:

2/5 is probability of getting pencil from box

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer:

$\frac{2}{5}$

Step-by-step explanation:

Number of pencils= 8

Total number of objects= 8+10+2

= 20

$probability = \frac{number \: of \: occurences}{total \: number \: of \: outcomes}$

$= \frac{8}{20}$

$\frac{8 \div 4}{20 \div 4}$

$\frac{2}{5}$

or 40%