Question

A grocery store has 12 cartons of yogurt for sale, of which 3 are raspberry. ​ ​What is the probability that a randomly selected carton of yogurt will be raspberry?

Answer 1

The answer to your question is the probability to select a yogurt of raspberry is 1/4 or 25%.

Explanation:

Data

Number of cartons = 12

Number of cartons of raspberry = 3

To solve this problem, just use the formula of probability and simplify it to get the result.

Formula

P(A) =
`(Number of favorable outcomes to A)/(Total number of outcomes)`

Substitution

P(A) = 3/12

Simplification

P(A) = 1/4 or 25%