Question

Sara is at picnic and reaches into an ice chest,without looking,to grab a can of soda.If there are 14 cans of orange,12 cans of fruit punch,10 cans of cola, what is probability that she takes a can of fruit punch

Answer 1

33.33% probability that she takes a can of fruit punch

Explanation:

A probability is the number of desired outcomes divided by the number of total outcomes.

Desired outcomes:

Taking a can of fruit punch.

There are 12 cans of fruit punch, so
`D = 12`

Total outcomes:

Total number of cans.

`T = 14+12+10 = 36`

Probability:

`p = (D)/(T) = (12)/(36) = 0.3333`

33.33% probability that she takes a can of fruit punch