Miki's Pie Shop recently sold 20 pies, of which 8 were blueberry pies. What is the experimental probability that the next pie sold will be a blueberry pie?
Simplify your answer and write it as a fraction or whole number.
8/20, which simplifies to 2/5
To find the experimental probability that the next pie sold will be a blueberry pie, we divide the number of blueberry pies sold by the total number of pies sold.
Given that Miki's Pie Shop sold 20 pies in total, and 8 of them were blueberry pies, the experimental probability can be calculated as follows:
Experimental probability = Number of blueberry pies sold / Total number of pies sold
Experimental probability = 8 / 20
Simplifying the fraction, we can divide both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 4 in this case:
Experimental probability = 2 / 5
Therefore, the experimental probability that the next pie sold will be a blueberry pie is 2/5, or it can also be written as 0.4 (when expressed as a decimal).