Question

Boats from all along the Atlantic coast were moored at a busy marina one summer day. Of the 16 boats at the marina, 6 were from Virginia.What is the probability that a randomly selected boat will be from Virginia?

Answer 1

The formula of probability is often given as

`p=\frac{\text{ number of favourable outcome}}{\text{total number of outcomes available}}`

In this case, our variables are

`\begin{gathered} \text{ number of favourable outcome = 6} \\ \text{total number of outcome = 16} \end{gathered}`

Let's proceed to input our values and solve

`p=(6)/(16)=(3)/(8)`

From the calculation above the probability of picking a boat from Virginia is 3/8