Question

Of the donuts recently sold at Daisy Donuts, 6 had sprinkles and 8 did not. Considering this data, how many of the next 7 donuts sold would you expect to have sprinkles?
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Answer 1

Based on the ratio of donuts with sprinkles to donuts without sprinkles in the recently sold batch (6 sprinkles to 8 without sprinkles), we can calculate the expected number of donuts with sprinkles in the next 7 donuts sold as follows:

Probability of donut having sprinkles = Number of donuts with sprinkles / Total number of donuts = 6 / (6 + 8) = 6 / 14 = 3 / 7

Expected number of donuts with sprinkles in the next 7 donuts = Probability of donut having sprinkles * Total number of donuts = (3 / 7) * 7 = 3

Therefore, we would expect 3 of the next 7 donuts sold at Daisy Donuts to have sprinkles.