8. A bag contains 3 red balls and 5 black balls. A ball is drawn at random from the bag.
What is the probability that the ball drawn is (i) red ? (ii) not red?
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8. A bag contains 3 red balls and 5 black balls. A ball is drawn at random from the bag.
What is the probability that the ball drawn is (i) red ? (ii) not red?
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Answer:
Number of red balls =3
Number of black balls =5
Total number of balls =5+3=8
(i) Probability of drawing red balls =
TotalNumberofballs
Numberofredballs
=
8
3
(ii) Probability of drawing black balls =
TotalNumberofballs
Numberofblackballs
=
8
5
Answer:
probability for getting red ball = 3divided by 8