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)

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less likely than not
less likely than not

very unlikely
very unlikely

likely
likely

impossible
impossible
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Answer 1

To determine the likelihood of randomly picking a white ball from the jar, we can compare the number of white balls to the total number of balls.

There are 3 white balls out of a total of 25 balls.

To express this as a probability:

• The probability of picking a white ball = Number of white balls / Total number of balls = 3 / 25.

Since 3 out of 25 is less than 50%, picking a white ball is "less likely than not."

So, the correct response is: less likely than not.