Question

Harold randomly selected one square tile and one round tile from the sets shown below. What is the probability that Harold selected a pink square tile, and either a red or a blue round tile?
Square tiles: 20 green, 16 pink, 9 red, 10 yellow, 5 blue.Round tiles: 5 black, 4 pink, 9 red, 6 blue, 3 yellow, 8 green, 1 white.
a.
3/5
b.
14/60
c.
1/9
d.
4/45



Please select the best answer from the choices provided


A
B
C
D

Answer 1

C

P(pink square) = 16/60 = 4/15.
P(round is red or blue) = (9+6)/36 = 15/36 = 5/12.
Combined = (4/15)*(5/12) = 1/9.