Question

The Girl Scouts are raffling off a boxes of cookies and you won! They are giving away 3 boxes of Thin Mints, 5 boxes of Caramel Delights, 1 box of Shortbread, and 1 box of peppermint patties.

Out of all 10 boxes, what are the chances that you will get a box of thin
mints.

Answer 1

P = 0.3

Explanation:

No of boxes of thin mints = 3

No of boxes of Caramel Delights = 5

No of box of Shortbread = 1

No of box of peppermint patties = 1

We need to find the chances that you will get a box of thin mints. It means we need to find the probability of getting a box of thin mints.

P = favourable outcomes/total no of outcomes

Here, favourable outcomes = 3

Total no of outcomes = 10

P = 3/10

P = 0.3

Hence, the required probability is 0.3.