Question

A grocery store employee counted how many cartons of each flavor of yogurt were sold yesterday.
blueberry 5
raspberry 5
lemon 8
What is the experimental probability that the next carton of yogurt sold will be lemon?

Answer 1

The experimental probability is the ratio of the number of times the event of interest (selling a lemon carton of yogurt) occurred to the total number of trials (selling all cartons of yogurt). In this case, the number of times a lemon carton was sold is 8, which is the frequency of the lemon flavor. The total number of cartons sold is 5 + 5 + 8 = 18. Therefore, the experimental probability that the next carton of yogurt sold will be lemon is:

8/18 = 4/9 or approximately 0.44

So, there is a 44% chance that the next carton sold will be lemon-flavored yogurt, based on the observed data from yesterday's sales.