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A bag of fruits contains apple, orange, lemons and tangerines. What is the probability of picking up an apple?(a) \(\frac{1}{2}\)(b) \(\frac{1}{13}\)(c) \(\frac{1}{4}\)(d) \(\frac{1}{3}\)This question was posed to me during an interview for a job.My question comes from Data Handling topic in section Data Handling of Mathematics – Class 8

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The correct option is (c) \(\FRAC{1}{4}\)

For explanation: 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 four fruits. Hence, 4 is the correct answer. PROBABILITY of picking an apple from the bag is \(\frac{1}{4}\).



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