A market trader has 100 oranges for sale 4 of them are unripe what is the probability that an orange chosen at random is ripe

Answer 1

To find the probability that an orange chosen at random is ripe, we need to know how many ripe oranges are there.

If the trader has a total of 100 oranges and 4 of them are unripe, then the number of ripe oranges can be calculated by subtracting the number of unripe oranges from the total number of oranges:

Number of ripe oranges = Total number of oranges - Number of unripe oranges
= 100 - 4
= 96

Now, the probability that an orange chosen at random is ripe can be calculated by dividing the number of ripe oranges by the total number of oranges:

Probability of choosing a ripe orange = Number of ripe oranges / Total number of oranges
= 96 / 100
= 0.96

Therefore, the probability that an orange chosen at random is ripe is 0.96 or 96%.