Suppose we had two families, where Family A included 5 children and Family B included only 1 child. If we randomly chose a child from the families, what is the probability that the child came from Family A?
Chance of Family A / Total Choices =
5 / 5+1 =
5 / 6 or .833 or 83%
To find the probability that the child came from Family A, we need to determine the ratio of the number of children in Family A to the total number of children in both families.
In this case, Family A has 5 children and Family B has 1 child. The total number of children in both families is 5 + 1 = 6.
Therefore, the probability that the child came from Family A is given by:
Number of children in Family A / Total number of children
= 5 / 6
So, the probability that the child came from Family A is 5/6, or approximately 0.8333, or 83.33%.