Probability: Choosing a Candy from a Mixed Collection
Probability: Choosing a Candy from a Mixed Collection
Secondary 2
A bag contains \(24\) candies of which half of them are orange flavour and the remaining are apple flavour. The candies are wrapped in either black or white paper. There are \(8\) candies wrapped in white paper, \(5\) of which are apple flavour.
A candy is chosen at random from the bag, find the probability of choosing
- a candy with apple flavour,
- a candy with orange flavour wrapped in black paper,
- a candy with orange flavour or a candy wrapped in black paper.
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Answer:(i) \(\frac12\) (ii) \(\frac38\) (iii) \(\frac{19}{24}\)
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