Question

Both shruti and pooja randomly choose a colour from red orange and yellow.What tis the probablity that both choosing orange

Answer 1

since there are three colours and the probability is asked for one colour so the first cases that

for Shruti the probability is 1/3

and for Pooja the probability is again 1/3.

there fore the probability of both getting orange is 1/3+1/3=2/3

according to me this is the answer but my senior told that the total probability is 1/3*1/3=1/9

considering bother equable