Question

Tanya has several different ways she likes to walk home. One route takes 20 minutes, two of the routes take 30 minutes, and two take 40 minutes. Tanya randomly chooses a route to walk home. What is the probability, to the nearest percent, that it will take her 30 min to walk home? 20% 33% 40% 67%

Answer 1

Of the 5 routes Tanya can choose from, 2 routes will take 30 minutes. This means that the probability is:

2/5 = 0.4

The answer is 40%.

Explanation:

Answer 2

The answer to your problem is 33%