Question

eorge had 9 marbles which contains 2 yellow, 3 black and 4 white. Find the probability of getting white marbles and classify it.
4/9, Likely event
4/9, Unlikely event
4/5, Likely event
4/5, Unlikely event

Answer 1

To find the probability of George getting a white marble from his collection of marbles, we can use the formula for probability, which is:

\[
P(\text{event}) = \frac{\text{Number of favorable outcomes}}{\text{Total number of outcomes}}
\]

In this case:

- The number of white marbles (favorable outcomes) = 4
- The total number of marbles = 9

So, the probability of getting a white marble is:

\[
P(\text{white marble}) = \frac{4}{9}
\]

Next, we classify the event. In probability, an event is considered "likely" if the probability is greater than 0.5 (or 50%) and "unlikely" if it is less than 0.5.

Here, \( \frac{4}{9} \) is approximately 0.444, which is less than 0.5. Therefore, we classify this event as an "unlikely event."

So, the answer is:

**\( \frac{4}{9}, \) Unlikely event**.