A bag contains lemon flavoured candies only. Malini takes out one candy without looking into the bag. What is the probability that she takes out
(i) an orange flavoured candy? (ii) a lemon flavoured candy?

Solution:

We will use the basic formula of probability to solve the problem.

(i) A bag contains only lemon flavoured candy so there is no probability to take out orange flavoured candy. Therefore, the probability of taking out orange flavoured candy is 0.

(ii) As the bag has only lemon flavoured candy, so every time she takes out only lemon flavoured candy. Therefore, the event is sure event and the probability of taking out lemon flavoured candy is 1.

☛ Check: NCERT Solutions for Class 10 Maths Chapter 15

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A bag contains lemon flavoured candies only. Malini takes out one candy without looking into the bag. What is the probability that she takes out (i) an orange flavoured candy? (ii) a lemon flavoured candy?

NCERT Solutions for Class 10 Maths Chapter 15 Exercise 15.1 Question 6

Summary:

If a bag contains lemon flavoured candies only, Malini takes out one candy without looking into the bag, then the probability that she takes out an orange flavored candy is 0 and the probability that she takes out a lemon flavoured candy is 1.

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