there are 8 children in sophies preschool class. during free time yesterday, 1 of them chose to read books…

there are 8 children in sophies preschool class. during free time yesterday, 1 of them chose to read books. what is the experimental probability that a randomly selected preschooler would choose to read books today? write your answer as a fraction or whole number. p(read books) =

there are 8 children in sophies preschool class. during free time yesterday, 1 of them chose to read books. what is the experimental probability that a randomly selected preschooler would choose to read books today? write your answer as a fraction or whole number. p(read books) =

Answer

Explanation:

Step1: Recall probability formula

The experimental - probability formula is $P(A)=\frac{\text{Number of favorable outcomes}}{\text{Total number of outcomes}}$.

Step2: Identify favorable and total outcomes

The number of children who chose to read books yesterday (favorable outcome) is 1, and the total number of children in the class is 8. So, $P(\text{read books})=\frac{1}{8}$.

Answer:

$\frac{1}{8}$