Question

A student is given an opportunity to select a crayon at random. If the probability of selecting an orange crayon is 4/3, which of the following statements is true.A. If a large number of crayons were selected, you would expect about 3 out of every 4 crayons to be orangeB. A student will be more likely to select an orange crayon than any other crayonC. An error has been made in probability calculations in this modelD. The size of the crayons may affect the likelihood of a crayon being selected.

Answer 1

Given that:

- The student selects a crayon at random.

- The probability of selecting an orange crayon is:

$P(x=orange)=\frac{4}{3}$

You need to remember that, by definition, the probability cannot be greater than 1 (or cannot be greater than 100%).

In this case, if you divide the numerator 4 by the denominator 3, you get:

$4\div3\approx1.33$

You can identify that the result is greater than 1.

Hence, the answer is: Option C.