Question

Naomi has a lot of stuff in her pencil case. There are 18 items in her pencil case, including 9 pencils. What is the probability that a randomly selected item from Naomi's pencil case will be a pencil? Write your answer as a fraction or whole number. P(pencil) =​

Answer 1

Naomi has a lot of stuff in her pencil case. There are 18 items in her pencil case, including 9 pencils. What is the probability that a randomly selected item from Naomi's pencil case will be a pencil? Write your answer as a fraction or whole number. P(pencil) =


Answer : p= 1/2

Answer 2

p=1/2

Explanation:

If 9 is 1 half of 18 that means there is a 50% chance of you picking a pencil out of the pencil case