Question

For breakfast, Clarissa can choose from oatmeal, cereal, French toast, or scrambled eggs. She thinks that if she selects a breakfast at random, it is likely that it will be oatmeal. Is she correct? Complete the sentence to explain. Enter the probability in the explanation as a simplified fraction.

Clarissa ; the event that she will have oatmeal for breakfast is to happen. Since there are breakfast choices, the probability that she will choose oatmeal is

Answer 1

Clarissa is not correct. If she were to choose one from the stack at random, it means that she has a 25%, or a 1/4 chance to pick the oatmeal, just like the other breakfast items.

If there were to be more oatmeals than any of the other items, it will heighten the chance of her getting oatmeal which would be the only way to make her statement correct.