Question

In a pet shop, there are 15 kittens and 20 puppies. 25 of the kittens and puppies have beige fur. Ten of these beige fur animals are kittens.

What is the probability that an animal picked at random has beige fur or is a kitten?
(answer as a fraction please)

Answer 1

This is the theory of probability. We are required to calculate the probability that an animal picked at random is a beige fur kitten given that there are 15 kittens and 20 puppies and the number of beige fur kittens and puppies is 25.
P(picking a kitten)=(number of kittens)/(total number of animals)
=15/35
=3/7
probability of an animal being beige fur is;
25/35
=5/7
The probability that the kitten selected is a beige fur will be:
3/7*5/7
= 15/49