A teacher has a container of paper clips. She will randomly select one paper clip from the container. The container has 8 pink paper clips. The container has 14 purple paper clips. The container has 12 yellow paper clips. The container has 16 blue paper clips. Which statement is true?

Respuesta :

The true statement is that the probability of of selecting a purple paper clip is 7 / 25 and the probability of selecting a paper clip that is not purple is 18 / 25

What is probability?

Probability means possibility. It deals with the occurrence of a random event. Mathematically,

p(A) = number of favourable outcome to A / total number of possible outcomes.

Therefore,

number of pink paper clips = 8

number of purple paper clips = 14

number of yellow paper clips = 12

number of blue paper clips = 16

Therefore,

total number of possible outcome = 8 + 14 + 12 + 16 = 50

Therefore,

The probability of selecting a purple paper clip = 14 / 50 = 7 /25

The probability of selecting a paper clip that is not purple = 1 - 7 /25 = 18 / 25

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