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  • 25-10-2022
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A bag contains 2 white balls, 6 orange balls and 2 red balls. If a ball is drawn, find the probability that it is a white or red ball.

A bag contains 2 white balls 6 orange balls and 2 red balls If a ball is drawn find the probability that it is a white or red ball class=

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JaeseanY327572 JaeseanY327572
  • 25-10-2022

First, let's calculate the total amount of balls:

[tex]2+6+2=10[/tex]

Since there are 2 white balls and 2 red balls, the number of white or red balls is 4.

So the probability is:

[tex]p=\frac{red\text{ or }white}{total}=\frac{4}{10}=\frac{2}{5}[/tex]

Correct option: A

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