Question

The table shows the number of video games sold worldwide for the five highest-selling video games in 2010. Assuming this trend continues and that the total sales of all other video games is negligible, if a person chooses to purchase one of these video games, determine the empirical probability that the person will purchasea) Game 2.b) Game 5.c) Game 1.

Answer 1

Total games sold = 66,080,000

Game 2 = 16,030,000

Game 5 = 8,370,000

Game 1 = 18,910,000

`\begin{gathered} \text{Probability of purchasing game 2 = }(16,030,000)/(66,080,000) \\ =\text{ }(229)/(944) \end{gathered}`
`\begin{gathered} \text{Probability of purchasing game 5 =}(8,370,000)/(66,080,000) \\ =\text{ }(837)/(6608) \end{gathered}`
`\begin{gathered} \text{Probability of purchasing game 1 = }(18,910,000)/(66,080,000) \\ =\text{ }(1891)/(6608) \end{gathered}`