Restaurants often slip takeout menus under Britney's apartment door. Britney counted how many menus there were from each type of restaurant.

Chinese 2
Japanese 9
Mediterranean 1
Thai 2
Italian 6
What is the experimental probability that the next menu slipped under Britney's door will be from a Chinese restaurant?
Write your answer as a fraction or whole number.
P(Chinese)=

1 answer

To find the experimental probability of receiving a menu from a Chinese restaurant, we need to determine the total number of menus and the number of Chinese menus.

From the data provided:

  • Chinese: 2
  • Japanese: 9
  • Mediterranean: 1
  • Thai: 2
  • Italian: 6

First, we calculate the total number of menus:

\[ \text{Total Menus} = 2 + 9 + 1 + 2 + 6 = 20 \]

Next, we find the experimental probability of receiving a Chinese restaurant menu:

\[ P(\text{Chinese}) = \frac{\text{Number of Chinese Menus}}{\text{Total Menus}} = \frac{2}{20} \]

To simplify the fraction:

\[ \frac{2}{20} = \frac{1}{10} \]

Thus, the experimental probability that the next menu slipped under Britney's door will be from a Chinese restaurant is

\[ P(\text{Chinese}) = \frac{1}{10} \]