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?\n\nblank cartons of yogurt
Answer
Explanation:
Step1: Calculate total yogurt sold initially
$6 + 12=18$ (total cartons of yogurt sold initially)
Step2: Find the proportion of vanilla yogurt
The proportion of vanilla yogurt is $\frac{6}{18}=\frac{1}{3}$
Step3: Calculate expected number of vanilla yogurt in next 48 cartons
$48\times\frac{1}{3} = 16$
Answer:
16