Explanation
Correct answer: B.
Choice B is correct. It's given that there are buttons in a bag and of the buttons are white. If one button from the bag is selected at random, the probability of selecting a white button is the number of white buttons in the bag divided by the total number of buttons in the bag. Therefore, if one button from the bag is selected at random, the probability of selecting a white button is .
Desmos solution:
Note: The expression 8/(8+2+10) directly computes the probability as the number of white buttons over the total number of buttons.
Enter in Desmos:
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Why the other choices are wrong
Choice A
Choice A is incorrect. This is the probability of selecting an orange button from the bag.
Choice C
Choice C is incorrect. This is the probability of selecting a brown button from the bag.
Choice D
Choice D is incorrect. This is the probability of selecting a button that isn't white from the bag.