Question

A high school choir has had 6 bass singers and 18 other singers join so far. What is the experimental probability that the next student to join will be a bass singer?
Write your answer as a fraction or whole number.
P(bass singer)=

Answer 1

To find the experimental probability that the next student to join the choir will be a bass singer, you need to divide the number of bass singers by the total number of singers.

Given:
- Number of bass singers = 6
- Number of other singers = 18

First, we calculate the total number of singers:

\[
\text{Total singers} = \text{Number of bass singers} + \text{Number of other singers} = 6 + 18 = 24
\]

Now, the probability \( P(\text{bass singer}) \) is calculated as follows:

\[
P(\text{bass singer}) = \frac{\text{Number of bass singers}}{\text{Total number of singers}} = \frac{6}{24}
\]

Next, simplify the fraction:

\[
\frac{6}{24} = \frac{1}{4}
\]

So, the experimental probability that the next student to join will be a bass singer is:

\[
P(\text{bass singer}) = \frac{1}{4}
\]