Question

Tina rides the bus to school, Theo bikes to school, and Tony walks to school. Their probabilities of being the first one to school are as follows: P(Tina is first) = 0.05, P(Theo is first) = 0.85. Who is most likely to be the first one to school?

1) Tina
2) Theo
3) Tony

Answer 1

Theo is most likely to be the first one to school.

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine who is most likely to be the first one to school, we compare the probabilities. Given that P(Tina is first) = 0.05 and P(Theo is first) = 0.85, Tony's probability is not given. However, since the probabilities must add up to 1, we can calculate Tony's probability using the equation 1 - P(Tina is first) - P(Theo is first) = 1 - 0.05 - 0.85 = 0.1

Comparing the probabilities, we can see that P(Theo is first) = 0.85 is the highest probability. Therefore, Theo is most likely to be the first one to school.