A store has 6 black shoes, 4 red shoes, 3 lime green shoes, and 7 white shoes. what is the possibility of not getting a red shoe

answer:

4/20 or 1/5 if broke down to be exact

Step-by-step explanation:

6+4+3+7=20 total

20-16=4 red shoes when singling out the red shoes.

yes

step-by-step explanation:

85.560%

step-by-step explanation:

conditional probability is defined as:

p(a|b) = p(a∩b) / p(b)

in other words, the probability that a occurs, given that b has occurred = the probability that both a and b occur / the probability that b occurs.

in this example:

p(turns 64 | turns 44) = p(turns 64 & turns 44) / p(turns 44).

if someone turns 64, they must have already turned 44, so:

p(turns 64 | turns 44) = p(turns 64) / p(turns 44)

on page 42, we see that of the original 100,000, 94944 turn 44, and 81234 turn 64.   therefore:

p(turns 64 | turns 44) = 81234 / 94944

p(turns 64 | turns 44) = 0.85560