a bag contains 9 purple erasers, 18 orange erasers, and 9 pink erasers. morgan selects an eraser from the…

a bag contains 9 purple erasers, 18 orange erasers, and 9 pink erasers. morgan selects an eraser from the bag without looking. determine if selecting each color is impossible, unlikely, as likely as not, or likely.

a bag contains 9 purple erasers, 18 orange erasers, and 9 pink erasers. morgan selects an eraser from the bag without looking. determine if selecting each color is impossible, unlikely, as likely as not, or likely.

Answer

Explanation:

Step1: Calculate total number of erasers

$9 + 18+9=36$

Step2: Calculate probability of selecting pink erasers

$P(\text{pink})=\frac{9}{36}=\frac{1}{4}$

Step3: Analyze the probability

Since $\frac{1}{4}<\frac{1}{2}$, it is unlikely.

Answer:

Unlikely