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Question
A bag contains a red ball , a blue ball and a yellow ball , all the balls being of the same size . Anjali takes out a ball from the bag without looking into it . what is the probability that she takes out .
(i) Yellow ball?
Solution
Total Number of outcomes = 3
P(Yellow ball) = `"Number of favourable outcomes"/"Total number of outcomes"` = `1/3`
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