WAEC - Further Mathematics (2011 - No. 31)

A basket contains 3 red and 1 white identical balls. A ball is drawn from the basket at random. Calculate the probability that it is either white or red.
\(\frac{1}{3}\)
\(\frac{1}{2}\)
\(\frac{3}{4}\)
1

Explanation

P(white or red) = P(white) + P(red)

= \(\frac{3}{4} + \frac{1}{4}\)

= 1

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