There are 25 balls in a jar. Twelve (12) balls are red, 10 balls are blue, and 3 balls are white. Which of the following describes the likelihood of randomly picking a white ball?(1 point)

Question

Responses

impossible
impossible

likely
likely

less likely than not
less likely than not

very unlikely

Answer 1

To find the likelihood of randomly picking a white ball from the jar, you can calculate the probability of picking a white ball.

There are 3 white balls out of a total of 25 balls. The probability of picking a white ball is:

\[ \text{Probability} = \frac{\text{Number of white balls}}{\text{Total number of balls}} = \frac{3}{25} \]

Now, convert this to a percentage:

\[ \frac{3}{25} = 0.12 \text{ or } 12% \]

Since 12% is a small percentage, we can interpret the likelihood of picking a white ball from these options. Given that there are more red and blue balls (22 in total) compared to white balls (3), the likelihood is "very unlikely."

Thus, the correct response is:

very unlikely