Question

Prudence has 20 pairs of gold earrings and 4 pairs of silver earrings in a drawer in her jewelry box. If she randomly pulls six pairs of earrings out of the drawer to take with her on a trip, which of the following is the best prediction of the number of pairs of earrings that will be gold?

Answer 1

The best prediction of the number of gold earrings Prudence will pull out is 5 pairs.

Step-by-step explanation:

To predict the number of pairs of gold earrings Prudence will randomly pull out of her drawer, we need to find the probability of selecting gold earrings from the total number of options.

Prudence has 20 pairs of gold earrings and 4 pairs of silver earrings, making a total of 24 pairs of earrings in her drawer.

The probability of selecting a gold earring is given by:

Number of gold earrings / Total number of earrings = 20 / 24= 5 / 6.

Therefore, the best prediction of the number of pairs of earrings that will be gold is 5 pairs.

Answer 2

there is a 0.833 chance that she pulls a golden earring