CBSE Class 10 Maths (Basic) 2025 · Paper 430/S/1 · Question 38

Probability 4 marks Medium

Aarav and Ashima are brother and sister and on Ashima's birthday, Aarav gifts her a bag filled with

8

red toffees,

10

green toffees and

6

blue toffees. Ashima decides to randomly draw a toffee from the bag. She wants to find the chances of picking a toffee of specific colour and asks the following questions :

(i)What is the probability of getting a green toffee?[1]
(ii)What is the probability of getting a blue toffee?[1]
(iii)(a)What is the probability of getting a non-red toffee?[2]
(iii)(b)What is the probability of getting a red or a green toffee? (OR alternative to (iii)(a))[2]

Answer

(i)

P (green) = \frac{5}{12}

; (ii)

P (blue) = \frac{1}{4}

; (iii)(a)

P (non-red) = \frac{2}{3}

; (iii)(b)

P (red or green) = \frac{3}{4}

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