A bag contains 9 discs of which 4 are red, 3 are blue and 2 are yellow. discs are similar in shape a

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A bag contains $9$ discs of which $4$ are red, $3$ are blue and $2$ are yellow. The discs are similar in shape and size. A disc is drawn at random from the bag. Calculate the probability that it will be not blue,

A

$\frac{2}{3}$

B

$\frac{2}{3}$

C

$\frac{2}{3}$

D

$\frac{2}{3}$

Solution

There are $9$ discs in all so the total number of possible outcomes is $9 .$

Let the events $A, \,B, \,C$ be defined as

$A:$ 'the disc drawn is red'

$B:$ 'the disc drawn is yellow'

$C:$ 'the disc drawn is blue'.

Clearly the event 'not blue' is 'not $C'$ .

We know that $P $ (not $C$ ) $=1- P ( C )$

Therefore $P$ (not $C$ ) $=1-\frac{1}{3}=\frac{2}{3}$

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