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 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,
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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