A random experiment is to draw one pencil at random from a box with 10 pencils of which 2 is red, 3 blue, 4 yellow and 1 black. What is a probability of selecting a black pencil?
A random experiment is to draw one pencil at random from a box with 10 pencils of which 2 is red, 3 blue, 4 yellow and 1 black. What is a probability of selecting a black pencil?
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Transcribed Image Text:A random experiment is to draw one pencil at random from a
box with 10 pencils of which 2 is red, 3 blue, 4 yellow and 1
black.
a. 0.1
What is a probability of selecting a black pencil?
b. None of the answers
-1
C. 0.8
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d. 0.5
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