At a carnival game, a large horizontal board has holes of the same size cut in it. For the game, you toss a ball onto the board and it lands or rolls into one of the holes. The board is surrounded on all sides, so the ball is certain to fall in a hole. Three of the holes will earn a small prize and one of the holes will earn a large prize. If Grady buys a ticket for one ball that he'll toss on the board, what is the probability that he'll win a prize?

Question

At a carnival game, a large horizontal board has  holes of the same size cut in it. For the game, you toss a ball onto the board and it lands or rolls into one of the holes. The board is surrounded on all sides, so the ball is certain to fall in a hole. Three of the holes will earn a small prize and one of the holes will earn a large prize. If Grady buys a ticket for one ball that he'll toss on the board, what is the probability that he'll win a prize?

anonymous · Answer

100%, the ball is guaranteed to land in a hole and all holes give prizes.

anonymous · Answer

The Answer Choices Are
5%
15%
20%
40%

anonymous · Answer

Is It 20% ?

anonymous · Answer

With the way its worded, I'm not sure that it should be any of those options. Does it say anything about the probability of him missing the board?

anonymous · Answer

No Thats All It Gives Me.

anonymous · Answer

It looks like he has 100% chance of winning a prize (assuming the ball lands on the board), with an 80% chance of a small prize and 20% chance of a large prize.

anonymous · Answer

75% and 25% rather, sorry about that