Question

A grocery store employee counted how many cartons of each flavor of yogurt were soldyesterday.blueberry5raspberry5lemon8What is the experimental probability that the next carton of yogurt sold will be lemon?Write your answer as a fraction or whole number.

Answer 1

The flavor of each carton of yogurt sold is given below;

Blueberry = 5

Raspberry = 5

Lemon = 8

TOTAL = 18 cartons

To calculate probability, the formula to use is shown below;

$\text{Probability =}\frac{n\text{ umber of required outcome }}{n\text{ umber of total outcome}}$$\begin{gathered} P(\text{lemon) = }\frac{n\text{ umber of lemon carton}}{\text{total cartons}} \\ P(\text{lemon) = }\frac{8}{18} \\ P(\text{lemon) = }\frac{4}{9} \end{gathered}$

Therefore, the probability that the next carton of yogurt sold will be lemon is 4/9