Question

A person has 10 Rap songs, 12 R&B songs, 23 Alternative songs, 10 Pop songs, 17 Country songs, and 18 Hip Hop songs stored on an MP3 player (a total of 90 songs). If the person set the MP3 player to random shuffle, what are the probabilities of the first song being played being a Country song?

A) .4888
B) .3888
C) .2888
D) .1888

Answer 1

D
Explanation:
The percentage of 17 out of 90 is 18.88. When you move the decimal point over two places to make it a percentage out of one you get 0.1888