Question

Charlotte's Breakfast Goodies recorded how many of each type of muffin it recently sold.
pumpkin spice muffins 3
blueberry muffins 4
bran muffins 4
blackberry muffins 7
What is the experimental probability that the next muffin sold will be a pumpkin spice muffin?
Simplify your answer and write it as a fraction or whole number.
P(pumpkin spice muffin)=

Answer 1

To calculate the experimental probability of selling a pumpkin spice muffin, we need to find the total number of muffins sold and the number of pumpkin spice muffins sold.

1. **Total muffins sold**:
- Pumpkin spice muffins: 3
- Blueberry muffins: 4
- Bran muffins: 4
- Blackberry muffins: 7

Total muffins = 3 + 4 + 4 + 7 = 18

2. **Number of pumpkin spice muffins sold**: 3

Now, we can calculate the experimental probability:

\[
P(\text{pumpkin spice muffin}) = \frac{\text{Number of pumpkin spice muffins sold}}{\text{Total muffins sold}} = \frac{3}{18}
\]

Now, we can simplify the fraction:

\[
\frac{3}{18} = \frac{1}{6}
\]

So, the experimental probability that the next muffin sold will be a pumpkin spice muffin is:

\[
P(\text{pumpkin spice muffin}) = \frac{1}{6}
\]