A takeout menu offers the following choices for its sides: carrots, cole slaw, corn, broccoli, or beans. Each side is equally likely to be selected at random by the next customer.

Question

A takeout menu offers the following choices for its sides: carrots, cole slaw, corn, broccoli, or beans. Each side is equally likely to be selected at random by the next customer.

The next customer randomly chooses one side. How many possible outcomes are there?
There are 5 outcomes in the sample space. If the next customer who orders takeout chooses a side at random, what is the probability that the customer orders carrots?

Answer 1

A takeout menu offers the following choices for its sides: carrots, cole slaw, corn, broccoli, or beans. Each side is equally likely to be selected at random by the next customer.

Since each side is equally likely to be selected, the probability of choosing carrots is 1/5 or 0.2, which is 20%.