Question

A bag of fruits contains 2 apples, 3 orange, 4 lemons and 2 tangerines. What is the probability of picking up an apple?

(a) \(\frac{1}{2}\)

(b) \(\frac{1}{13}\)

(c) \(\frac{2}{11}\)

(d) \(\frac{1}{3}\)

The question was posed to me by my school principal while I was bunking the class.

My enquiry is from Data Handling in section Data Handling of Mathematics – Class 8

Answer 1

The correct option is (c) \(\frac{2}{11}\)

To explain: A bag contains four types of fruits apple, orange, lemons and tangerines. The outcome of picking a fruit at random from the bag is picking either of the 11 pieces. Hence, 4 is the correct answer. Probability of picking an apple from the bag is \(\frac{2}{11}\).