Question

Jeremiah owns 16 T-shirts, 8 of which are yellow.

If Jeremiah randomly selects a T-shirt to wear, what is the probability it will be yellow?
Write your answer as a fraction or whole number.
P(yellow)=

Answer 1

50%

Explanation:

To answer this question, we can use the formula for the probability of an event:

P(event)=total number of outcomes number of favorable outcomes​

In this case, the event is selecting a yellow T-shirt, so the number of favorable outcomes is 8 (the number of yellow T-shirts). The total number of outcomes is 16 (the number of T-shirts). Therefore, the probability is:

P(yellow)=168​=21​

This means that the probability of selecting a yellow T-shirt is one half or 0.5. We can also write this as a percentage: 50%.