Ask Me Help Desk

Ask Me Help Desk (https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/forum.php)
-   Math & Sciences (https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/forumdisplay.php?f=402)
-   -   Math 9 The Probability Formula (https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/showthread.php?t=113168)

  • Jul 24, 2007, 05:51 PM
    ahmad_bd
    Math 9 The Probability Formula
    hi.. I neeed helpp.

    one ball is drawn from a bag containing 1 yellow, 2 oranges, 3 pink and 2 whitemarbles. State the probability of the folllowing colours. Write your answers in decimal form. Explain each step and how u did it please. Thanks a lot - ahmad. Desperate of help test is tomorrow I really need it. :( :confused:

    a) P(white) b) P(pink) c) P(yellow) d) P(orange)
  • Jul 24, 2007, 05:59 PM
    Superfly999
    We could help you by showing the real answer if you show an attempt :P. Here are some questions that might help: How many marbles are there in all? If you wanted to pick up a yellow one what would your chance be? (how many yellows are there and how many marbles are there in all?)

    Here is a probability formula:

    P(A) =

    The Number Of Ways Event A Can Occur
    ___________________________________

    The Total Number Of Possible Outcomes



    Simple version for this problem:

    Number of said colored marbles
    ___________________________

    Number of total marbles

    Here is the website I got the first formula from and it will probably help you more than I can. Probability
  • Jul 25, 2007, 11:42 AM
    galactus
    There are 8 marbles total. Out of those there are 2 white one. Therefore, the probability of picking a white is 2/8=1/4. See? Use similar technique on the other questions. See?

  • All times are GMT -7. The time now is 12:43 PM.