Exercise 14.1, 6

A bag contains lemon flavoured candies only. Malini takes out one candy without looking into the bag. What is the probability that she takes out

(i) an orange flavoured candy?
(ii) a lemon flavoured candy?

 

Solution:

A bag contains only lemon-flavoured candies. Malini picks one without looking.

(i) Probability of getting an orange-flavoured candy:

Since there are no orange candies,
P(orange candy) = 0

(ii) Probability of getting a lemon-flavoured candy:

Since all candies are lemon,
P(lemon candy) = 1

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