Question

Type the correct answer in the box. If necessary, use / for the fraction bar. A basket contains 14 white eggs, 15 brown eggs, and 11 lemons. Taylor is in a hurry to make breakfast and picks something from the basket at random. The exact probability that Taylor picks an egg from the basket is .

Answer 1

The exact probability that Taylor picks an egg from the basket is 0.725

Explanation:

A basket contains 14 white eggs, 15 brown eggs and 11 lemons.

Total number of items in the basket
`=14+15+11= 40`

Total number of eggs in the basket
`=14+15= 29`

Taylor picks one item at random from the basket.

So, the probability that Taylor picks an egg
`=(total\ number\ of\ eggs)/(total\ number\ of\ items)=(29)/(40)=0.725`

Answer 2

29/40

Explanation:

A basket contains 14 white eggs, 15 brown eggs, and 11 lemons. The exact probability that Taylor picks an egg from the basket is;

(14+15)/(14+15+11) = 29/40