Probability - Complementary Events

Probability - Complementary Events

IP 2
3 marks
  1. A bag contains red chips, blue chips and green chips. A chip is picked at random from the bag. The probability that the chip is blue is \(\frac{3}{5}\). The probability that the chip is green is \(\frac{4}{15}\). Find the probability that the chip is red.

    [1]
  2. Another bag contains \(6\) pink chips and \(12\) yellow chips. More pink chips are added to the bag. The probability of picking a yellow chip from the bag at random is now \(\frac{1}{4}\). Find the number of pink chips added to the bag.

    [2]

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Answer:(a) \(\frac{2}{15}\); (b) \(30\) pink chips

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