Question 9 of 22beginner🔧 ApplyShort Answer3 marks

A box contains 5 red marbles, 8 white marbles and 4 green marbles. One marble is taken out of the box at random. What is the probability that the marble taken out will be (i) red? (ii) white? (iii) not green?

(i)
Answer

5/17

(ii)
Answer

8/17

(iii)
Answer

13/17

Explanation

This question is from Exercise 15.1 of NCERT Class 10 Mathematics textbook. It tests the basic probability formula P(E) = Number of favourable outcomes / Total number of possible outcomes. The context shows similar solved examples where probability is calculated by counting favourable outcomes and total outcomes. For part (iii), the concept of complementary events is applied - P(not green) can be found either by subtracting green marbles from total or by adding probabilities of red and white marbles.