A jar contains 5 green erasers, 2 striped erasers, 4 pink erasers, and 3 white erasers. You select an eraser at random. What is P(pink)?
a)2/7
b)2/5
c)5/7
d)4/7
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4 pink out of 14 total, so
P(pink) = 4/14 = 2/7
P(pink) = 4/14 = 2/7
2/7
Correct way P{ not pink}
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The probability of not selecting a pink eraser can be found by adding the probabilities of selecting erasers that are not pink. There are 5 green erasers, 2 striped erasers, and 3 white erasers, so the probability of not selecting a pink eraser is:
P(not pink) = P(green) + P(striped) + P(white)
P(not pink) = 5/14 + 2/14 + 3/14
P(not pink) = 10/14
P(not pink) = 5/7
Therefore, the probability of selecting a pink eraser is:
P(pink) = 1 - P(not pink)
P(pink) = 1 - 5/7
P(pink) = 2/7
P(not pink) = P(green) + P(striped) + P(white)
P(not pink) = 5/14 + 2/14 + 3/14
P(not pink) = 10/14
P(not pink) = 5/7
Therefore, the probability of selecting a pink eraser is:
P(pink) = 1 - P(not pink)
P(pink) = 1 - 5/7
P(pink) = 2/7