a t - shirt stand on the boardwalk recently sold 6 purple shirts and 9 shirts in other colors. what is the…
a t - shirt stand on the boardwalk recently sold 6 purple shirts and 9 shirts in other colors. what is the experimental probability that the next shirt sold will be purple? write your answer as a fraction or whole number. p(purple) =
Answer
Explanation:
Step1: Find total number of shirts
$6 + 9=15$
Step2: Calculate probability of purple shirt
$P(\text{purple})=\frac{\text{Number of purple shirts}}{\text{Total number of shirts}}=\frac{6}{15}=\frac{2}{5}$
Answer:
$\frac{2}{5}$