Question

Carter has 183 songs on a playlist. He's categorized them in the following manner: 24 hip hop, 9 gospel, 37 rock, 31 jazz, 16 folk, 20 Latin American, and 46 classical. If Carter begins listening to his playlist on shuffle, what is the probability that the first song played is a jazz song? Express your answer as a fraction in lowest terms or a decimal rounded to the nearest millionth.I believe the answer to be 31/183 but i dont think thats correct

Answer 1

31 /183

Step-by-step explanation:

There are 31 Jazz songs out of a total of 183 songs.

Therefore, the probability of randomly selecting a Jazz song is

31/183

which is an irreducible fraction ( cannot be simplified further).