Question

A bag contains 6 red, 8 black and 4 white balls. A ball is drawn at random. What is the probability that the ball drawn is not black? Select the correct answer from above options

Answer 1

Given: A bag contains 6 red, 8 black and 4 white balls and a ball is drawn at random Required to find: Probability that the ball drawn is not black Total number of balls 6 + 8 + 4 = 18 Total number of black balls is 8 So, the total number of balls which are not black is 18 – 8 = 10 We know that, Probability = Number of favourable outcomes/ Total number of outcomes Thus, the probability of drawing a ball which is not black = 10/18 = 5/9