Question

A student reaches into a bag that contains 14 blue pens, 8 black pens, and 6 redpens. What is the probability that the students will pick NOT a red or black pen?Your answer can be as a fraction (simplify), decimal or percent.

Answer 1

Hello!

First, let's rewrite some important information contained in the exercise:

• 14 blue pens.

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• 8 black pens.

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• 6 red pens.

• Total: 28 pens.

What is the probability that the students will pick NOT a red or black pen?

Well, let's think for a moment:

If he won't pick up either black or red pens, it means he can only pick up blue pens, right?

So, we can write it as a fraction, decimal or percent:

$\frac{\text{ number of blue pens}}{\text{ total of pens}}=\frac{14}{28}=\frac{1}{2}=0.5=50\%$