Question

» Stella creates a playlist of Latin dance music. The playlist contains bachata, salsa, and mambo

tracks, as shown in the table.
Stella puts the playlist on shuffle mode.
What is the probability that the first track
she hears is a mambo track?
k
Type of Music Number of Tracks
Bachata
10
Salsa
Mambo
12
8

Answer 1

4/15

Explanation:

there are 30 total songs.

There are 8 mambo songs, which can also be written as 8/30.

8/30 can be reduced by 2, making it 4/15.

Therefore, there is a probability of 4/15 that a mambo song will play

SORRY IF THIS DOES NOT MAKE SENSE