There are only blue cubes, yellow cubes and green cubes in a bag.There are twice as many blue cubes as yellow cubes and four times as many green cubes as blue cubes.Hannah takes at random a cube from the bag.work out the probability that Hannah takes a yellow cube. ( 3 marks )( Sorry if this question was already answered but I can't find it. Sorry! >_< )
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A:
Let the yellow cubes be x
yellow = x blue = 2x // Blue cubes is twice of yellow Green = 8x // Green is four times of blue
Ratio: Yellow : Blue : Green 1 : 2 : 8
P(Yellow) = 1/11
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Answer: The probability of getting a yellow cube is 1/11. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------