Question

Pete conducted a blind taste test on some of his friends in order to determine if organic fruits tasted different than non organic fruits. Each friend ate one type of fruit Apples Peaches Organie Non-organle What is the probability that a randomly selected friend preferred organic and tasted peaches? Simplily any fractions,

Answer 1

The first step is to find the total number of friends who were tested, to do it, complete the given table, this way:

There are 37 friends who were test. Now, find the number of friends who preferred organic and tasted peaches, this is 10.

To find the probability that a friend preferred organic and tasted peaches find the quotient between the number of friends who preferred organic and tasted peaches and the total number of friends, this is 10/37.

`(10)/(37)`

The probability is 10/37