Question

a bag contains 9 purple erasers, 18 orange erasers, and 9 pink erasers. morgan selects an eraser from the bag without looking. determine if selecting each color is impossible, unlikely, as likely as not, or likely. (options and color labels like green, pink, orange are shown with audio icons and blue boxes)

Explanation:

Step1: Calculate total erasers

Total = $9 + 18 + 9 = 36$

Step2: Find probability of green

No green erasers, so $P(\text{green}) = \frac{0}{36} = 0$

Step3: Find probability of pink

$P(\text{pink}) = \frac{9}{36} = \frac{1}{4}$

Step4: Find probability of orange

$P(\text{orange}) = \frac{18}{36} = \frac{1}{2}$

Step5: Find probability of purple

$P(\text{purple}) = \frac{9}{36} = \frac{1}{4}$

Answer:

• Green: Impossible
• Pink: Unlikely
• Orange: As Likely as Not
• Purple: Unlikely