Question

A number from 8 to 15 is drawn from a bag at random.What is the theoretical probability of drawing the number 12

Answer 1

`(1)/(8)`

Explanation:

In order to calcilate the probability of something to happen we need to knwo the total number of outcomes possible, in this case from 8 to 15, there are 8 numbers that can be drawn from the bag, if we want to draw only the number 12, there is only 1 possibility to draw it from the bag, then we just divide it:

`Probability=(outcome-desired)/(total-number-of-outcomes)`

`Probability=(1)/(8)`

`Probability=12.5%`