There are six balls in the bag. Two are basketballs, three are playground balls, and one is a soccer ball. What is the probability that if you pick one of the balls without looking, it will be a soccer ball?

So, what is your thinking on this one ?

1/2

You mean one half of the balls in the bag are soccer balls?

Did you read the question?

YES

How many soccer balls are in the bag ???

What is the total number of balls in the bag ??

prob(soccer ball) = ......

6 TOTAL BALL & 1 SOCCER BALL

and your probability of getting a soccer ball out of those 6 balls is ....... (drum roll ......)

=

SO IS IT 2/6 OR 1/6

come on!

Where do we suddenly get 2 soccer balls from ?

prob (soccer ball) = 1/6

To find the probability of picking a soccer ball, we need to divide the number of favorable outcomes (in this case, the number of soccer balls) by the total number of possible outcomes (the total number of balls in the bag).

In this problem, we are given that there are six balls in total, with one of them being a soccer ball. Therefore, the favorable outcome is one (the number of soccer balls) and the total number of possible outcomes is six (the total number of balls).

So, the probability of picking a soccer ball is 1/6.