Question

Debbie's Cupcakes recently sold 3 vanilla cupcakes and 3 other cupcakes. What is the experimental probability that the next cupcake sold will be a vanilla cupcake?
Simplify your answer and write it as a fraction or whole number.
P(vanilla cupcake)=

Answer 1

To find the experimental probability of selling a vanilla cupcake, you can use the formula:

\[
P(\text{vanilla cupcake}) = \frac{\text{Number of vanilla cupcakes sold}}{\text{Total number of cupcakes sold}}
\]

In this case, Debbie's Cupcakes sold 3 vanilla cupcakes and 3 other cupcakes. Thus, the total number of cupcakes sold is:

\[
3 \text{ (vanilla)} + 3 \text{ (other)} = 6 \text{ (total cupcakes)}
\]

Now, you can plug the values into the formula:

\[
P(\text{vanilla cupcake}) = \frac{3}{6}
\]

Now simplify the fraction:

\[
P(\text{vanilla cupcake}) = \frac{1}{2}
\]

Thus, the experimental probability that the next cupcake sold will be a vanilla cupcake is:

\[
P(\text{vanilla cupcake}) = \frac{1}{2}
\]