Probability: Picking a Ball from a Bag

Probability: Picking a Ball from a Bag

Secondary 2

A bag contains \(10\) coloured balls of which \(3\) are grey, \(5\) are blue and \(2\) are red. A ball is selected at random from the bag.

  1. Find the probability of picking either a grey or blue ball from the bag.
  2. When \(n\) grey balls are added into the bag, the probability of picking a grey ball becomes \({0.5.}\) Find the value of \(n\).

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Answer:(a) \(\frac45\) (b) \(4\)

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