Question

A basket is filled with 8 white eggs and 10 brown eggs. Half of the white eggs are cracked. An egg is randomly selected from the basket. What is the probability that it is a cracked, white egg? As a fraction in simplest form

Answer 1

The total number of eggs in the basket is 8 + 10 = 18.

The number of cracked, white eggs is half of the white eggs, which is 8/2 = 4.

Therefore, the probability of selecting a cracked, white egg is 4/18 = 2/9.

So, the probability is 2/9 in simplest form.