Probablility

Question 1: There are 6 beads in a bag, 3 are red, 2 are yellow and 1 is blue. What is the probability of picking a yellow?

Answer: The probability is the number of yellows in the bag divided by the total number of  balls, i.e. 2/6 = 1/3

Question 2: What is the probability of getting a yellow and a red in any order?
This is the same as: what is the probability of getting a yellow AND a red OR a red AND a yellow.

Answer: P(yellow and red) = 1/3 × 1/2 = 1/6
P(red and yellow) = 1/3 × 1/2 = 1/6
P(yellow and red or red and yellow) = 1/6 + 1/6 = 1/3