Question

A car salesman has determined the probability of a person purchasing a car with cash is p = 0.08. Which term best describes the probability of this event?

A.
very likely

B.
impossible

C.
neither likely nor unlikely

D.
very unlikely

Answer 1

The probability of a person purchasing a car with cash is \( p = 0.08 \) or 8%. This value indicates that the event is not expected to happen very often. The terms used to describe such probabilities would suggest that an event with a probability less than 0.1 (or 10%) is considered "very unlikely."

Therefore, the best term to describe the probability of this event is:

**D. very unlikely**