Each of the 25 balls in a certain box is either red, blue, or white and has a number from 1 to 10 painted on it. If one ball is to be selected at random from the box, what is the probability that the ball selected will either be white or have an even number painted on it?

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Brittany Bartlett

Mathematics

31 July, 09:52

Each of the 25 balls in a certain box is either red, blue, or white and has a number from 1 to 10 painted on it. If one ball is to be selected at random from the box, what is the probability that the ball selected will either be white or have an even number painted on it?

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Jonah Salinas · Answer 1

Answer: Insufficient Information

The probability of selecting a red ball, a blue ball or a white ball is unknown.

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The probability of selecting a red ball, a blue ball or a white ball is unknown.

There could be 13 red balls, 1 blue ball and 11 white balls in the bag. There could be 3 red balls, 2 blue balls and 20 white balls in the bag. It is impossible to say with the information given have even numbers on them. The same thing applies to the number of balls with numbers or even numbers on them. The question does not specify how many white balls have each number on them.