Question

A basket is filled with 8 white eggs and 9 brown eggs. Half of the while eggs are cracked. An egg is randomly selected from the basket. What is the probability that it is a cracked, white egg? Write the answer as a fracton

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation

In the question, we are given that

`\begin{gathered} total\text{ number of eggs = white egg + brown egg=17 eggs} \\ number\text{ of cracked white eggs=}(1)/(2)* n(white\text{ eggs\rparen}=(1)/(2)*8=4 \end{gathered}`

Therefore, the probability of picking a random cracked, white egg is given as

`Pr(CW)=\frac{n(cracked\text{ }white\text{ }eggs)}{total\text{ number of eggs}}=(4)/(17)`

Answer:4/17