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

Step2: Identify values

The number of children who chose to read books yesterday (favorable outcomes) is $n = 1$, and the total number of children in the class (total outcomes) is $N=8$.

Step3: Calculate probability

$P(\text{read books})=\frac{1}{8}$.

Answer:

$\frac{1}{8}$