From a box containing 2 red, 6 white and 5 black balls, a ball is randomly selected. What is the probability that the selected ball is black?

Assessment: WAEC SSCE - General Mathematics - 1995 (Objective) Subject: General Mathematics

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From a box containing 2 red, 6 white and 5 black balls, a ball is randomly selected. What is the probability that the selected ball is black?
Answer Details
There are a total of 2 + 6 + 5 = 13 balls in the box. Out of these, 5 are black. The probability of selecting a black ball is the number of black balls divided by the total number of balls, which is 5/13. Therefore, the answer is 5/13.

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