meg surveyed some students at her school about their favorite professional sports. of the students surveyed…

meg surveyed some students at her school about their favorite professional sports. of the students surveyed, 2 said football was their favorite sport, while 8 of the students had other favorite sports. what is the experimental probability that the next student meg talks to will pick football? simplify your answer and write it as a fraction or whole number. p(football) =

meg surveyed some students at her school about their favorite professional sports. of the students surveyed, 2 said football was their favorite sport, while 8 of the students had other favorite sports. what is the experimental probability that the next student meg talks to will pick football? simplify your answer and write it as a fraction or whole number. p(football) =

Answer

Explanation:

Step1: Find total number of students surveyed

Total students = 2 (football - lovers)+ 8 (others) = 10

Step2: Calculate experimental - probability

Experimental probability (P(A)=\frac{\text{Number of favorable outcomes}}{\text{Total number of outcomes}}). Here, favorable outcome is student picking football, so (P(\text{football})=\frac{2}{10})

Step3: Simplify the fraction

(\frac{2}{10}=\frac{1}{5})

Answer:

(\frac{1}{5})