Consider a vending machine containing 6 boxes each of four different juice flavors (Mango, Apple, Guava and Kiwi). Find the probability that the juice box picked is either of Mango or Guava flavor.
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Given:
A vending machine containing 6 boxes each of four different juice flavors (Mango, Apple, Guava, and Kiwi).
To find:
Find the probability that the juice box picked is either of Mango or Guava flavor.
Solution:
Number of juice boxes of Mango flavor = 6
Number of juice boxes of Apple flavor = 6
Number of juice boxes of Guava flavor = 6
Number of juice boxes of Kiwi flavor = 6
Total number of juice boxes = 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 = 24
The probability that the juice box picked is of Mango flavor = 6/24 = 1/4
The probability that the juice box picked is of Guava flavor = 6/24 = 1/4
The probability that the juice box picked is either of Mango or Guava flavor
= 1/4 + 1/4
= 2/4
= 1/2
= 0.5
Therefore, the probability that the juice box picked is either of Mango or Guava flavor is 0.5