Asked by Elijah

In a container, there are strips of paper colored red, yellow, and blue. 14 pieces of paper are red, 11 are yellow, and 22 are blue. Kevin is going to wear a blindfold and draw one strip of paper. Is the probability closer to 0 or 1 that he will draw a red strip of paper?
A closer to 1
B in the middle of 0 and 1
C equal to 1
D closer to 0

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Total strips = 14 + 11 + 22 = 47.
P(red) = 14/47 ≈ 0.2979.
Distance to 0 is ≈ 0.2979; distance to 1 is ≈ 0.7021. So it's closer to 0.

Answer: D.