a party store recorded recent balloon sales. green 20 blue 17 pink 12 purple 19 orange 7 what is the…
a party store recorded recent balloon sales. green 20 blue 17 pink 12 purple 19 orange 7 what is the experimental probability that the next balloon sold will be green? simplify your answer and write it as a fraction or whole number. p(green) =
Answer
Explanation:
Step1: Calculate total number of balloons
$20 + 17+12 + 19+7=75$
Step2: Calculate experimental - probability of green
The number of green balloons is 20. The experimental probability $P(\text{green})$ is the number of green balloons divided by the total number of balloons. So $P(\text{green})=\frac{20}{75}$
Step3: Simplify the fraction
$\frac{20}{75}=\frac{20\div5}{75\div5}=\frac{4}{15}$
Answer:
$\frac{4}{15}$