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# A bag contains 5 red balls, 6 white balls, 7 green balls, 8 black balls. One ball is drawn at random from the bag. Find the probability that the ball drawn is not white - Mathematics

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A bag contains 5 red balls, 6 white balls, 7 green balls, 8 black balls. One ball is drawn at random from the bag. Find the probability that the ball drawn is not white

#### Solution

Sample space (S) = 5 + 6 + 7 + 8

n(S) = 26

Let A be the event of getting a white ball
n(A) = 6

P(A) = ("n"("A"))/("n"("B")) = 6/26 = 3/13 ....(1)

Not white probability of getting white ball

P(A) = 3/13 .......(from (1))

Probability of not getting white ball "P"(bar"A") = 1 – P(A)

= 1 - 3/13 = (13 - 3)/13 = 10/13

Concept: Probability
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Samacheer Kalvi Mathematics Class 10 SSLC Tamil Nadu State Board
Chapter 8 Statistics and Probability
Exercise 8.3 | Q 9. (iii) | Page 324
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