Question

A day is chosen from a week.

1. What are the possible outcomes?
2. What is the chance of choosing Wednesday?
3. Find the probability of selecting weekends.​

Answer 1

1. the possible outcomes are any of the seven days of the week

2. 1/7 chance of choosing Wednesday

3. 2/7 chance of choosing Saturday or Sunday

Answer 2

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A day is chosen from a week.

1. What are the possible outcomes?

2. What is the chance of choosing Wednesday?

3. Find the probability of selecting weekends.

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1. What are the possible outcomes?

• a day is chosen from a week, possible outcomes are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday,, Saturday or Sunday

2. What is the chance of choosing Wednesday?

• because there is only one day in a week on Wednesday, the choice of choosing Wednesday is 1/7

`\tt\underline\red{ \: \: (1)/(7) \: \: }`

3. Find the probability of selecting weekends.

• because there one two days in a week on selecting weekends, the probability of selecting weekends is 2/7

`\tt\underline\red{ \: \: (2)/(7) \: \: }`

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