Question

What is the probability that a randomly selected pet is a female puppy?

Express the probability as a percent rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent.



My answer is 7.7 percent.
Can anyone help me out?

Answer 1

Yes, 7.7% is right. They are asking for the number of female puppies (2), the favorable outcomes, divided by the total number of outcomes, 26. This gives you 7.69% which rounds up to 7.7%

Answer 2

There's a 7.7% of chances to select a female puppy.

Explanation:

According to the given table, there are 2 female puppies out of 26 total pets.

In this case, we have to the classical probability, which is the quotient between the possible events and the total outcomes.

`P=(2)/(26) \approx 0.077`

Then, we multiply by 100, to express the probability in percentage

`0.077 * 100= 7.7\%`

Therefore, there's a 7.7% of chances to select a female puppy.