Question

In a survey of 520 likely voters in a certain city, 307 said that they planned to vote to reelect the incumbent mayor. What is the probability that a surveyed voter plans to vote to reelect the mayor? Write only a number as your answer. Round to two decimal places (for example: 0.43).

Answer 1

Answer: 0.59

Explanation:

Probability is a measure that quantifies the likelihood that events will occur.

Probabilities can be numerically described by the number of desired outcomes divided by the total number of all outcomes .

In this case, the number of desired outcomes is 307 (surveyed voters who plan to vote to reelect the mayor), and the total number of all outcomes is 520 (total of surveyed voters) .

Then, the probability that a surveyed voter plans to vote to reelect the mayor is calculated as:

`(307)/(520)=0.59`