Question

The graph shows the number of each kind of book in Hero's personal library. A book is

chosen randomly.
What is the probability that the book is a romance book?

Answer 1

1/15

or

`(1)/(15)`

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

`\displaystyle p=(1)/(15)`

Step-by-step explanation:

Probability

The simple probability of a random event can be calculated as the ratio between the possible favorable cases and the total possible cases.

The pie chart shows the number of books in Hero's library grouped by category.

The total number of books is 14 + 10 + 4 + 2 = 30

The number of romance books is 2

Thus, the probability of randomly choosing a romance book out of the total books is:

`\displaystyle p=(2)/(30)`

Simplifying:

`\mathbf{\displaystyle p=(1)/(15)}`

This corresponds to the first option