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Terry holds 12 cards, each of which is red, white, green, or blue. If a person is to select a card randomly from the cards Terry is holding, is the probability less than 1/2 that the card selected will be either red or white?

(1) The probability that the person will select a blue card is 1/3
(2) The probability that the person will select a red card is 1/6

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Terry holds 12 cards, each of which is red, white, green, or blue. If a person is to select a card randomly from the cards Terry is holding, is the probability less than 1/2 that the card selected will be either red or white?

The question asks whether $$\frac{red+white}{12}<\frac{1}{2}$$ --> is $$red+white<6$$. So, basically we need to know whether the number of red or white cards is less than 6.

(1) The probability that the person will select a blue card is 1/3 --> the number of blue cards is $$\frac{1}{3}*12=4$$. Now, if there is only 1 green card then the number of red or white cards is 12-(4+1)=7 but if there are 3 green cards, then the number of red or white cards is 12-(4+3)=5. Not sufficient.

(2) The probability that the person will select a red card is 1/6 --> the number of red cards is $$\frac{1}{6}*12=2$$. Not sufficient since we don't know the number of white cards.

(1)+(2) We know that there are 4 blue and 2 red cards, but we still don't know how many white cards are there: if there is only one, then the answer is YES but if there are 5 then the answer is NO. Not sufficient.

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Terry holds 12 cards, each of which is red, white, green, or blue. If a person is to select a card randomly from the cards Terry is holding, is the probability less than 1/2 that the card selected will be either red or white?

(1) The probability that the person will select a blue card is 1/3
(2) The probability that the person will select a red card is 1/6

Can we determine if there are less than 6 total R or W's in the pack?

(1) There is 4 blues so 8 other cards. Therefore R+W <8, if 7 no, if 5, yes. INEFF

(2) There is 2 reds so 10 other cards. At least 1B and 1G so there is at most 8 other Whites. So at most 10/12 can be R+W, at least 3 INEFF

Together if we say number of R+W = x (i) says 2<x<8, (ii) says 1<x<10 so both together INEFF

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Terry holds 12 cards, each of which is red, white, green, or blue. If a person is to select a card randomly from the cards Terry is holding, is the probability less than 1/2 that the card selected will be either red or white?

(1) The probability that the person will select a blue card is 1/3
(2) The probability that the person will select a red card is 1/6

ST 1: Insufficient: P(blue) = 1/3, means there are 4 blue cards. So remaining are 8 cards, but don't know exact distribution. If we consider green =1, P(R+W) >1/2, but if we consider green = 4, P(R+W)<1/2. So insufficient.

ST2: Insufficient: P(Red) = 1/6, means there are 2 red cards. So remaining are 10, but don't know exact distribution. If we take white as 5 P(R+W)>1/2, If we take white 2, P(R+W)<1/2. So insufficient.

St 1 + St 2: Insufficient: Red =2, Blue = 4, Remaining 6 cards. If we take white 5, P(R+W) >1/2, But if we take White 2 P(R+W) <1/2. So insufficient.

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Terry holds 12 cards, each of which is red, white, green, or blue. If a person is to select a card randomly from the cards Terry is holding, is the probability less than 1/2 that the card selected will be either red or white?
(1) The probability that the person will select a blue card is 1/3
(2) The probability that the person will select a red card is 1/6

Trick- There is no need to calculate Probability as the question ask about the total no of Red & White cards.
Basically the question can be restated as is the number of Red & White cards less than 6-- Red + White <6

Red+ White + Green + Blue = 12
Statement 1 - Probability of Blue = 1/3 = 4 blue cards are there ---->No info is given regarding Red & White----->Insufficient
Statement 2 - Probability of Red = 1/6 = 2 red cards are there ---->No info is given regarding White cards----->Insufficient
Statement 1 & 2 - Red+ White + Green + Blue = 12
2+ White + Green + 4 = 12 -----> White + Green = 6
Now green can be any number from 0 to 6 i.e. Red + white can be 2,3,4,5,6,7,8----> Insufficient

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Terry holds 12 cards, each of which is red, white, green, or blue. If a person is to select a card randomly from the cards Terry is holding, is the probability less than 1/2 that the card selected will be either red or white?

The question asks whether $$\frac{red+white}{12}<\frac{1}{2}$$ --> is $$red+white<6$$. So, basically we need to know whether the number of red or white cards is less than 6.

(1) The probability that the person will select a blue card is 1/3 --> the number of blue cards is $$\frac{1}{3}*12=4$$. Now, if there is only 1 green card then the number of red or white cards is 12-(4+1)=7 but if there are 3 green cards, then the number of red or white cards is 12-(4+3)=5. Not sufficient.

(2) The probability that the person will select a red card is 1/6 --> the number of red cards is $$\frac{1}{6}*12=2$$. Not sufficient since we don't know the number of white cards.

(1)+(2) We know that there are 4 blue and 2 red cards, but we still don't know how many white cards are there: if there is only one, then the answer is YES but if there are 5 then the answer is NO. Not sufficient.

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Terry holds 12 cards, each of which is red, white, green, or blue. If a person is to select a card randomly from the cards Terry is holding, is the probability less than 1/2 that the card selected will be either red or white?

The question asks whether $$\frac{red+white}{12}<\frac{1}{2}$$ --> is $$red+white<6$$. So, basically we need to know whether the number of red or white cards is less than 6.

(1) The probability that the person will select a blue card is 1/3 --> the number of blue cards is $$\frac{1}{3}*12=4$$. Now, if there is only 1 green card then the number of red or white cards is 12-(4+1)=7 but if there are 3 green cards, then the number of red or white cards is 12-(4+3)=5. Not sufficient.

(2) The probability that the person will select a red card is 1/6 --> the number of red cards is $$\frac{1}{6}*12=2$$. Not sufficient since we don't know the number of white cards.

(1)+(2) We know that there are 4 blue and 2 red cards, but we still don't know how many white cards are there: if there is only one, then the answer is YES but if there are 5 then the answer is NO. Not sufficient.

but don't we know that between red and white there are 6 cards remaining so we get red + white < 6 so it will be a NO in all cases or have I missed something over here?
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Terry holds 12 cards, each of which is red, white, green, or blue. If a person is to select a card randomly from the cards Terry is holding, is the probability less than 1/2 that the card selected will be either red or white?

The question asks whether $$\frac{red+white}{12}<\frac{1}{2}$$ --> is $$red+white<6$$. So, basically we need to know whether the number of red or white cards is less than 6.

(1) The probability that the person will select a blue card is 1/3 --> the number of blue cards is $$\frac{1}{3}*12=4$$. Now, if there is only 1 green card then the number of red or white cards is 12-(4+1)=7 but if there are 3 green cards, then the number of red or white cards is 12-(4+3)=5. Not sufficient.

(2) The probability that the person will select a red card is 1/6 --> the number of red cards is $$\frac{1}{6}*12=2$$. Not sufficient since we don't know the number of white cards.

(1)+(2) We know that there are 4 blue and 2 red cards, but we still don't know how many white cards are there: if there is only one, then the answer is YES but if there are 5 then the answer is NO. Not sufficient.

but don't we know that between red and white there are 6 cards remaining so we get red + white < 6 so it will be a NO in all cases or have I missed something over here?

Total = 12
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Blue = 4
Red = 2
White = ?

Green = ?

If there is 1 white card and 5 green cards, then red+white=3<6.
If there are 5 white cards and 1 green card, then red+white=6.

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You will ultimately draw the same conclusion as the above methodologies, but my approach was slightly different:

Given: R + W + B + G = 12; prove that either (1) R + W <6 OR (2) B + G > 6.

(1) B = 1/3 * 12 = 4; thus, can simplify (2): (4) + G > 6? G > 2? Since we have not been provided any information pertaining to the value of G, insufficient.

(2) R = 1/6 * 12 = 2; thus, can simplify (1): (2) + W < 6? W < 4? Since we have not been provided any information pertaining to the value of W, insufficient.

Combo: Can we answer either from S1 G > 2 or from S2 W < 4? Using the information provided in both statements, (2) + W + (4) + G = 12; thus, we can deduce that W + G = 6.

W = 2, G = 3 YES
W = 5, G = 1 NO

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I guess my approach was a little different.

S1) P(B) ~33% , that leaves roughly 67% for the rest of the probabilities. We're not given any information about R,G,W, so NS. If P(B)>50%, than this would have been sufficient. Since we don't need any information on the number or ratio of the cards to total, to answer if it's less the P(R or W)<50%. Not Sufficient

S2) P(R) ~ 17%. Same logic as S1 Applies, we can have a case where W makes up the majority of the cards, or has minimal representation. One leading to P(R or W)>50%, and the other P(R or W)<50%. Not Sufficient

S1 + S2: Known probability is 50%, leaving the other half to be shared by G or W. We can have a case where W is around 40%, leaving 10% for G, this would put P(R or W)>50%, or we can have a case where W is 10%, and G is 40%, which would mean P(R or W)<50%. Not Sufficient
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Terry holds 12 cards, each of which is red, white, green, or blue. If a person is to select a card randomly from the cards Terry is holding, is the probability less than 1/2 that the card selected will be either red or white?

(1) The probability that the person will select a blue card is 1/3
(2) The probability that the person will select a red card is 1/6

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Total cards = 12

(1) The probability that the person will select a blue card is 1/3
Blue = 1/3 of 12
Therefore there are 4 blue cards , We dont know anything about Red, white or green
INSUFFICIENT

(2) The probability that the person will select a red card is 1/6
Red = 1/6 of 12
Therefore there are 2 red cards
We don't know anyting about blue green and white cards
INSUFFICIENT

MERGE BOTH STATEMENTS
Blue = 4 ; Red = 2 ; Red and Blue = 6 ; White and Green=6
We still don't know how many WHITE cards are there. There can be 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 white cards
Therefore our probability with keep changing.
P(Red)*P(White)= 1/2 * {1/12} or {2/12} or {3/12} or {4/12} or {5/12}
NOT SUFFICIENT

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