Question

The cooler at a picnic contained 4 apple juice boxes, 8 orange juice boxes, and 6 fruit punch juice boxes. A juice box is selected at random. What is the probability of the complement of choosing an orange juice box?
StartFraction 1 over 18 EndFraction
StartFraction 4 over 9 EndFraction
StartFraction 5 over 9 EndFraction
StartFraction 17 over 18 EndFraction

Answer 1

Total boxes = 4 + 8 + 6 = 18.
Not orange = apple + fruit punch = 4 + 6 = 10.
Probability = 10/18 = 5/9.