Question

A drawer has 5 blue ties 2 red ties and 3 yellow ties. A ties is picked at random . What is the total number of possible outcomes

Answer 1

The total number of possible outcomes = 10

Given :

• A drawer has 5 blue ties 2 red ties and 3 yellow ties.

• A ties is picked at random

To find :

The total number of possible outcomes

Solution :

Step 1 of 2 :

Find total number of ties

Here it is given that the drawer has 5 blue ties 2 red ties and 3 yellow ties.

Total number of ties

= 5 + 2 + 3

= 10

Step 2 of 2 :

Find total number of possible outcomes

A ties is picked at random

Hence total number of possible outcomes

$\displaystyle \sf{ = {}^{10} C_1 }$

$\displaystyle \sf{ =10 }$

Answer 2

Probability is the branch of mathematics concerning numerical descriptions of how likely an event is to occur, or how likely it is that a proposition is true. The probability of an event is a number between 0 and 1, where, roughly speaking, 0 indicates impossibility of the event and 1 indicates certainty.

The total number of possible outcomes $= 10$

Given :

A drawer has 5 blue ties 2 red ties and 3 yellow ties.

A ties is picked at random

To find :

The total number of possible outcomes

Solution :

Step 1 of 2 :

Find total number of ties

Here it is given that the drawer has 5 blue ties 2 red ties and 3 yellow ties.

Total number of ties

$= 5 + 2 + 3\\= 10$

Step 2 of 2 :

Find total number of possible outcomes

A ties is picked at random

Hence total number of possible outcomes

${10}_{C_1}\textrm{}$

$=10$

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