Question

Marianne collects coffee mugs from places she visits when she goes on vacations. She displays her 79 coffee mugs over her cabinets in her kitchen, including 2 mugs from Texas, 5 from Georgia, 9 from South Carolina, and 11 from California.

If one of the coffee mugs accidentally falls to the ground and breaks, what is the probability that it is a California coffee mug?

A. 11/79

B. 5/79

C. 2/79

D. 9/79

Answer 1

The answer is A. 11/79

Answer 2

The probability that the broken mug is a California mug is given by the ratio of the number of California mugs to the total number of mugs:

P(California mug) = 11/79

Therefore, the answer is A. 11/79.