Question

A bag contains 8 purple beads 2 blue beads and 2 pink beads. The probability of randomly drawing a pink beads is 1/6 . What is the probability of not drawing a pink bead

Answer 1

The probability of. Or picking pink would be 1 - the probability of picking pink:

1 - 1/6 = 5/6

Answer: 5/6

Answer 2

8+2+2=12
Pink=2
2/12=1/6
10/12=5/6
The probability of not drawing a pink bead is 5/6.