Avery randomly selects 50 colored pencils from a basket and finds that 2 are not sharpened. If the basket contains 300 colored pencils, how many would you expect to be unsharpened?(1 point) Responses 2 2 12 12 20 20 120

Answer 1

The ratio of unsharpened colored pencils to total colored pencils in this sample is 2/50.

To find the expected number of unsharpened colored pencils in the whole basket of 300 colored pencils, we use this ratio:

(2/50) = x/300

Cross multiply:

50x = 2 * 300
50x = 600
x = 600/50
x = 12

Therefore, you would expect 12 colored pencils to be unsharpened in the basket of 300 colored pencils.

The answer is 12.