t answerIn a box, there are 8 orange, 7 white, and 6 blue balls. If a ball is picked up randomly, what is the probability that it is neither orange nor blue?
Question
t answerIn a box, there are 8 orange, 7 white, and 6 blue balls. If a ball is picked up randomly, what is the probability that it is neither orange nor blue?
Solution
To find the probability of picking neither an orange nor a blue ball, we first need to find the total number of balls.
Step 1: Add up all the balls: 8 orange + 7 white + 6 blue = 21 balls in total.
Step 2: Identify the number of balls that are neither orange nor blue. In this case, those are the white balls, of which there are 7.
Step 3: The probability of an event is calculated by dividing the number of favorable outcomes by the total number of outcomes. So, the probability of picking a white ball (i.e., neither orange nor blue) is 7 (white balls) divided by 21 (total balls).
So, the probability is 7/21 = 1/3.
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