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It is known that a box of 600 electric bulbs contains 12 defective bulbs. One bulb is taken out at random from this box. What is the probability that it is a non-defective bulb? Select the correct answer from above options

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The number of non-defective bulbs in the box= 600-12 = 588 So, probability of taking out a non-defective bulb `=(588)/(600)=(49)/(50)=0.98`

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