Fifty students were surveyed about their favorite food. A student is selected at random. Based on the survey results, what is the probability that this student will choose Taco as their favorite food?
What were the survey results? How many chose taco, hamburger, etc. out of a total number responding?
P (taco) = # choosing taco/total n
To find the probability that a student will choose Taco as their favorite food, we need to know the number of students who chose Taco as their favorite food and the total number of students surveyed.
Since the problem states that fifty students were surveyed, we have the total number of students surveyed. But to determine the number of students who chose Taco, we would need additional information that is not provided in the question.
If we are given the number of students who chose Taco as their favorite food, we can simply divide that number by fifty to find the probability. For example, if fifteen students chose Taco, the probability would be 15/50 = 0.3 or 30%.
However, without knowing the specific number of students who chose Taco, we can't calculate the exact probability.