Question

Lacey's father has a large collection of ties. He has 27 ties, and 9 of them are blue.If Lacey's father chose a tie at random, what is the probability that the tie would be blue?Write your answer as a fraction or whole number.P(blue) =

Answer 1

Since Lacey's father has 27 ties, we have that our sample space has 27 outcomes. We also know that he has 9 blue ties. Then, the probability of choosing a blue tie a random is:

`P(blue)=(9)/(27)=(1)/(3)`