A box contains 24 black pens and 6 blue pens. If a pen is to be picked randomly from the box, what is the degree of likelihood that a blue pen will be picked? It is unlikely that you will pick a blue pen instead off a black pen.

Question

A box contains 24 black pens and 6 blue pens. If a pen is to be picked randomly from the box, what is the degree of likelihood that a blue pen will be picked? It is unlikely that you will pick a blue pen instead off a black pen.

Answer 1

The total number of pens in the box is 24 + 6 = 30 pens.

The probability of picking a blue pen is the number of blue pens divided by the total number of pens, which is 6/30 = 1/5 or 20%.

So, the degree of likelihood that a blue pen will be picked is 20%.