The total number of seedlings in the inventory is 100 + 140 + 80 + 60 + 40 = 420.
Since there are 140 type B seedlings, the probability of randomly selecting a type B seedling is 140/420 = 1/3.
Therefore, the probability that the farmer will randomly pick a type B plant is 1/3.
Plant Types
A
B
C
D
E
Number of
100
140 80 60 40
Seedlings
A farmer conducted an inventory on his two square kilometers of
rainforest; the results are in the table.
He plans on randomly selecting a seedling to experiment on when he goes back to the forest. What is the probability that he will randomly pick a type B plant? Write your answer in the simplest form of a fraction.
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