Question

Wendy's mother recorded how many donuts she has eaten over the past few months. Jelly-filled donuts 6 maple donuts 53 glazed donuts 11 powdered sugar donuts 5 What is the experimental probability that the next donut Wendy eats will be a powdered sugar donut? Write your answer as a fraction or whole number. P(powdered sugar donut) =

Answer 1

`P(\text{Powdered sugar donut})=(1)/(15)` .

Explanation:

It is given that Wendy's mother recorded how many donuts she has eaten over the past few months.

Jelly-filled donuts = 6

Maple donuts = 53

Glazed donuts = 11

Powdered sugar donuts = 5

Now,

Total number of donuts = 6 + 53 + 11 + 5 = 75

We need to find the experimental probability that the next donut Wendy eats will be a powdered sugar donut.

`P(\text{Powdered sugar donut})=\frac{\text{Powdered sugar donuts}}{\text{Total number of donuts}}`

`P(\text{Powdered sugar donut})=(5)/(75)`

`P(\text{Powdered sugar donut})=(1)/(15)`

Therefore,
`P(\text{Powdered sugar donut})=(1)/(15)`.