Question

A box contains 3 yellow, 4 green, and 8 blue tickets. A ticket is chosen at random. Find the probability that the ticket is:

(i) Yellow

Answer 1

Step: Find the probability that the ticket is yellow

Given:

A box contains 3 yellow, 4 green and 8 blue tickets.

Total number of possible outcomes =3+4+8
=15

Favourable outcomes that the chosen ticket is
yellow = 3

Probability that the ticket is yellow

$=\frac{\text{Number of favourable outcomes}}{\text{Total number of outcomes}}$

$=\frac{3}{15}$

$=\frac{1}{5}$

Hence, the probability that the ticket is yellow is $\frac{1}{5}$ .