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A bag of fruits contains 2 apples, 3 orange, 4 lemons and 2 tangerines. What is the probability of picking up an apple?(a) \(\frac{1}{2}\)(b) \(\frac{1}{13}\)(c) \(\frac{2}{11}\)(d) \(\frac{1}{3}\)The question was posed to me by my school principal while I was bunking the class.My enquiry is from Data Handling in section Data Handling of Mathematics – Class 8

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The CORRECT option is (c) \(\FRAC{2}{11}\)

To explain: A bag contains four types of fruits apple, ORANGE, LEMONS and tangerines. The outcome of picking a fruit at random from the bag is picking either of the 11 pieces. Hence, 4 is the correct answer. Probability of picking an apple from the bag is \(\frac{2}{11}\).



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