Question

Boats from all along the Atlantic coast dock at a busy marina. Of the first 13 boats to dock at the marina one day, 5 were from North Carolina. What is the experimental probability that the next boat to dock will be from North Carolina?

At a glass vase factory, 2 out of the last 10 vases produced were chipped. What is the experimental probability that the next vase will be chipped?

Answer 1

the experimental probability that the next vase produced at the factory will be chipped is 1/5.

Explanation:

Since 5 out of the 13 boats that docked were from North Carolina, the experimental probability of the next boat being from North Carolina is the number of favorable outcomes (i.e., the number of boats from North Carolina) divided by the total number of outcomes (i.e., the total number of boats that docked).

Therefore, the experimental probability that the next boat to dock will be from North Carolina is:

P(North Carolina) = 5/13

For the second question:

Since 2 out of the last 10 vases produced were chipped, the experimental probability that the next vase will be chipped is:

P(chipped) = 2/10 = 1/5

Therefore, the experimental probability that the next vase produced at the factory will be chipped is 1/5.