Question

Eva has a bag that contains pineapple chews, lemon chews, and watermelon chews. She performs an experiment. Eva randomly removes a chew from the bag, records the result, and returns the chew to the bag. Eva performs the experiment 19 times. The results are shown below: A pineapple chew was selected 7 times. A lemon chew was selected 6 times. A watermelon chew was selected 6 times. Based on these results, express the probability that the next chew Eva removes from the bag will be a flavor other than pineapple as a decimal to the nearest hundredth

Answer 1

The total number of times Eva performed the experiment is 19. Out of these 19 times, a pineapple chew was selected 7 times, and a lemon chew and watermelon chew were selected 6 times each.

Therefore, the probability of selecting a flavor other than pineapple can be found by adding the number of times a lemon chew or watermelon chew was selected and dividing by the total number of times Eva performed the experiment:

P(selecting a flavor other than pineapple) = (number of times a lemon or watermelon chew was selected) / (total number of times the experiment was performed)

P(selecting a flavor other than pineapple) = (6 + 6) / 19

P(selecting a flavor other than pineapple) = 12 / 19

P(selecting a flavor other than pineapple) ≈ 0.63 (rounded to the nearest hundredth)

Therefore, the probability that the next chew Eva removes from the bag will be a flavor other than pineapple is approximately 0.63.

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