An urn contains 9 red, 7 white, and 4 black balls. A ball is drawn at random. Find the probability that the ball is drawn is not white
An urn contains 9 red, 7 white, and 4 black balls. A ball is drawn at random. Find the probability that the ball is drawn is not white

Answer : We know that,

Probability of occurrence of an event


By permutation and combination, total no.of ways to pick r objects from given n objects is nCr

Now, total no.of ways to pick a ball from 20 balls is 20c1 = 20

Our desired output is to pick a black or red ball(not white). So, no.of ways to pick a black or red ball from 13 balls (because there are a total of 13 balls which are either red or black) is 13c1 = 13

Therefore, the probability of not picking a white ball

13/20

Conclusion: Probability of not picking a white ball from 9 red, 7 white, and 4 black balls is 13/20