Question

A bag contains 3 white and 5 red balls. If a ball is drawn at random, what is the probability that the drawn ball to be red?

Answer 1

Given Number of red balls$=5$,Number of white balls$=3$

Total Number of Balls $=3+5=8$ balls

Probability of getting a red ball $=\frac{\text{Number of red balls}}{\text{Total number of balls}}=\frac{5}{8}$