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There are buttons in a bag: white buttons, orange buttons, and brown buttons. If one of these buttons is selected at random, what is the probability of selecting a white button?
There are 20 buttons in a bag: 8 white buttons, 2 orange buttons, and 10 brown
Easy-difficulty · SAT Math · Probability & Conditional Probability — Simple probability. Read the question above, select your answer, and check the full explanation below to understand exactly why the correct choice works.
Answer explanation
Choice B is correct. It’s given that there are buttons in a bag and of the buttons are white. If one button from the bag is selected at random, the probability of selecting a white button is the number of white buttons in the bag divided by the total number of buttons in the bag. Therefore, if one button from the bag is selected at random, the probability of selecting a white button is .
Choice A is incorrect. This is the probability of selecting an orange button from the bag.
Choice C is incorrect. This is the probability of selecting a brown button from the bag.
Choice D is incorrect. This is the probability of selecting a button that isn't white from the bag.
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