Hannah has a bag that contains orange chews, lemon chews, and lime chews. She performs an experiment. Hannah randomly removes a chew from the bag, records the result, and returns the chew to the bag. Hannah performs the experiment 74 times. The results are shown below:

An orange chew was selected 39 times.
A lemon chew was selected 17 times.
A lime chew was selected 18 times.

Based on these results, express the probability that the next chew Hannah removes from the bag will be orange chew as a decimal to the nearest hundredth.

5 answers

The probability of selecting an orange chew can be calculated by taking the number of times an orange chew was selected (39) and dividing it by the total number of times the experiment was conducted (74).

Therefore, the probability of selecting an orange chew is 39/74 ≈ 0.5270.

Rounded to the nearest hundredth, the probability of selecting an orange chew is 0.53.
Rashaad owns a small business selling used books. He knows that in the last week 13 customers paid cash, 50 customers used a debit card, and 53 customers used a credit card.
Based on these results, express the probability that the next customer will pay with a debit card as a fraction in simplest form.
The probability of selecting a customer who used a debit card can be calculated by taking the number of customers who used a debit card (50) and dividing it by the total number of customers (13+50+53 = 116).

Therefore, the probability of selecting a customer who used a debit card is 50/116.

This fraction cannot be simplified further, so the probability of the next customer paying with a debit card is 50/116.
that was wrong
My apologies for the error. Let's correct that.

The probability of selecting a customer who paid with a debit card can be calculated by taking the number of customers who used a debit card (50) and dividing it by the total number of customers.

The total number of customers is 13 (cash) + 50 (debit card) + 53 (credit card) = 116.

So, the probability of the next customer paying with a debit card is 50/116.

This fraction can be simplified by dividing both the numerator and denominator by 2:

50/116 = 25/58

Therefore, the probability of the next customer paying with a debit card as a fraction in simplest form is 25/58.