Given:
The probability of drawing a red candy at random from a bag of 25 candies is [tex]\dfrac{2}{5}[/tex].
To find:
The probability of randomly drawing a red candy from the bag after removing 5 candies from the bag.
Solution:
Let n be the number of red candies in the bag. Then, the probability of getting a red candy is:
[tex]P(Red)=\dfrac{\text{Number of red candies}}{\text{Total candies}}[/tex]
[tex]\dfrac{2}{5}=\dfrac{n}{25}[/tex]
[tex]\dfrac{2}{5}\times 25=n[/tex]
[tex]10=n[/tex]
After removing the 5 candies from the bag, the number of remaining candies is [tex]25-5=20[/tex] and the number of remaining red candies is [tex]10-5=5[/tex].
Now, the probability of randomly drawing a red candy from the bag is:
[tex]P(Red)=\dfrac{5}{20}[/tex]
[tex]P(Red)=\dfrac{1}{4}[/tex]
Therefore, the required probability is [tex]\dfrac{1}{4}[/tex].
