Question

A researcher in a car company surveyed 50 people who plan to travel over the Christmas holiday regarding their preferred mode of transportation. Among them, 41 responded that they will drive by car, 6 planned to fly by plane, while the rest will take the train or bus. (Write your answers in the simplest form of the fraction.) (a) What is the probability that a person will travel by train or bus?

Answer 1

`(3)/(50)`

Explanation:

`(50-(41 + 6))/(50)` the number that I want in the numerator is the number of people that travels by bus or train. I have to figure that out. If there were 50 people and 41 travels by car and 6 travels by flying. I have to subtract them out to find out how many went by train or bus.

The denominator is the total number of people

`(3)/(50)`