Probability: Choosing a Book from a Mixed Collection

Probability: Choosing a Book from a Mixed Collection

Secondary 2

Jane has 25 books on her desk of which 17 are novels and 8 are comic books. The books are either in Spanish or English medium. She has a total of 10 Spanish books, half of which are comic books.

If each book is equally likely to be chosen and a book is chosen at random from the desk, find the probability of choosing

  1. an English book,
  2. a Spanish novel,
  3. a novel,
  4. an English comic book,
  5. an English or novel book.

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Answer:(i) \(\frac35\) (ii) \(\frac15\) (iii) \(\frac{17}{25}\) (iv) \(\frac3{25}\) (v) \(\frac45\)

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