Question

1. In a closet, Jeremy has 5 blue uniform shirts and 5 red uniform shirts for school. Jeremy says that selecting a blue uniform shirt is equally as likely as selecting a red uniform shirt, so the probability of selecting a blue shirt is 50/50. What is wrong with Jeremy's statement? Justify your answer.

Answer 1

Explanation:

Let's calculate the probability of selecting a blue shirt from a total of 10 shirts:

It's 5/10, or 0.5, which stems from there being 5 blue shirts among the 10 Jeremy owns. 50/50 is not a standard way of expressing probability; 0.5 is proper.