a grocery store recently sold 6 cartons of vanilla yogurt and 12 other cartons of yogurt. based on past…
a grocery store recently sold 6 cartons of vanilla yogurt and 12 other cartons of yogurt. based on past data, how many of the next 48 cartons of yogurt sold should you expect to be vanilla? cartons of yogurt
Answer
Explanation:
Step1: Calculate total past - sold cartons
$6 + 12=18$
Step2: Find the proportion of vanilla yogurt
The proportion of vanilla yogurt is $\frac{6}{18}=\frac{1}{3}$
Step3: Calculate expected vanilla yogurt in next sales
Multiply the proportion by the next number of cartons sold. $\frac{1}{3}\times48 = 16$
Answer:
16