Bella has a bag that contains pineapple chews, lemon chews, and watermelon chews. She performs an experiment. Bella randomly removes a chew from the bag, records the result, and returns the chew to the bag. Bella performs the experiment 58 times. The results are shown below: A pineapple chew was selected 53 times. A lemon chew was selected 2 times. A watermelon chew was selected 3 times. Based on these results, express the probability that the next chew Bella removes from the bag will be lemon chew as a percent to the nearest whole number.

Answer 1

To find the probability of selecting a lemon chew next, we can use the formula:

Probability = (Number of times lemon chew was selected) / (Total number of experiments)

In this case, the number of times a lemon chew was selected is 2, and the total number of experiments is 58.

Probability = 2 / 58 ≈ 0.0345

To express this as a percent to the nearest whole number, we multiply by 100:

0.0345 * 100 ≈ 3.45%

Therefore, the probability that the next chew Bella removes from the bag will be a lemon chew is approximately 3% to the nearest whole number.