Answer to Question #213334 in Statistics and Probability for Dahmy

Question

there are 3 red pens, 4 blue pens and 5 black pens in a box, Sameena picks a pen at random from the box. What is the probability that the pen is NOT black

Answer 1

Total number of pens = 3+4+5 = 12

The number of NOT black pens = 3+4=7

P(pen is NOT black) $= \frac{7}{12}$