Question

A bag contains 3 red balls and 5 black balls. A ball is drawn at random from the bag. What is the probability that the ball drawn is red?

Answer 1

Total no. of possible outcomes = 8 {3 red, 5 black}

No. favourable outcomes = 3

Probability of getting a red ball = `"Number of favorable outcomes"/"total number of outcomes"`

=3/8