Question 27

A box contains black, white and red identical balls. The probability of picking a black ball at random from the box is \(\frac{3}{10}\) and the probability of picking a white ball at random is \(\frac{2}{5}\). If there are 30 balls in the box, how many of them are red?

  • A.3
  • B.7
  • C.9
  • D.12
Objective

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Exam body
WAEC
Subject
Mathematics
Year
2009
Question no.
#27
Type
Objective

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