Question

Mamie has a bag containing three red counters, two blue counters and four green counters.She takes out a counter without looking in the bag. What is the probability that she doesnt pick a red counter

Answer 1

@hartnn

Answer 2

@dan815

Answer 3

@Miracrown

Answer 4

@confluxepic

Answer 5

@aayushi.somani

Answer 6

@perl

Answer 7

answer is 2/3

Answer 8

the probablity of having no red ones will be= B+G/total no. counters
so it comes out to be 6/9= 2/3

Answer 9

it can also be 1-(probability a blue or green counter is picked) = 1-(3/9) = 6/9 = 2/3

Answer 10

thanks @aayushi.somani and @ribhu -willing to help unlike some people.