Question

At a dance camp, students must specialize in one style of dance. The lead instructor looked up which specialties the students chose last summer. Ballroom dance 20, ballet 8, modern 4, hip-hop 2, jazz 52. What is the experimental probability that the next student to sign up for camp this summer will specialize in ballroom dance? Write your answer as a fraction or whole number.

Answer 1

The experimental probability that the next student to sign up for camp this summer will specialize in ballroom dance is approximately 0.23.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the experimental probability that the next student to sign up for camp this summer will specialize in ballroom dance, we need to divide the number of students who chose ballroom dance by the total number of students.

From the given data, we know that there were 20 students who chose ballroom dance and a total of 86 students who chose different styles of dance. Therefore, the experimental probability that the next student will specialize in ballroom dance is 20/86 or approximately 0.23.