Question

A bag contains lemon flavoured candies only . Malini takes out one candy without looking into the bag . What is the probability that she takes out

(1) an orange flavoured candy

(2) a lemon flavoured candy

Answer 1

In this bag there are only lemon flavoured candies so if we take out orange flavoured candy then

Number of lemon flavoured candies $=0$

So it is an impossible event and we know that probability of an impossible event is $0$.

Impossible Event : An event that cannot happen is called an impossible event .

(1) Probability (taking out an orange flavoured candy)$=\frac{\text{number of orange flavoured candies}}{\text{total number of candies}}=\frac{0}{1}=0$

All candies in this bag are lemon flavoured so we can take out only lemon flavoured candies . It is a sure event and we know that probability of a sure event is always $1$.

Sure event : An event which always happen is called a sure event .

(2) Probability (taking out an lemon flavoured candy)$=\frac{\text{number of lemon flavoured candies}}{\text{total number of candies}}=\frac{1}{1}$