Question

A vendor has 10 balloons for sale: 5 are yellow, 2 are red, and 3 are green. A balloon is selected at random and sold. If the balloon sold is yellow, what is the probability that the next balloon selected at random is also yellow?

Answer 1

since its 5 yellow would i subtract 1?

Answer 2

you had \(\dfrac{5}{10}\) yellow

when 1 is sold you have \(\dfrac{4}{9}\) yellow

Answer 3

subtract 1 from # of yellow and subtract 1 from total

Answer 4

which gives you \(\dfrac{4}{9}\)

Answer 5

@Mehek14 thanks

Answer 6

np