JAMB 2013 · UTME · Q50

A basket contains 9 apples, 8 bananas and 7 oranges. A fruit is picked from the basket. Find the probability that it is neither an apple nor an orange.

Worked solution (try it first)
  1. There are 9+8+7=249 + 8 + 7 = 24 fruits.
  2. Neither an apple nor an orange means a banana: 8 fruits.
  3. So the probability is 824=13\frac{8}{24} = \frac13, option D.

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