For breakfast, Clarissa can choose from oatmeal, cereal, French toast or scrambled eggs. She thinks that if she selects a breakfast at random it is likely that it will be oatmeal. Is the correct? Explain your reasoning.

I am not sure on the above at all. This has me a bit confused.

Hello. The below is my answer about the breakfast:

The probability of picking oatmeal at random is 1/4 because she has 4 choices, and she has the same probability for all the choices. -Is this correct?

How could that be? Why doesn't she have an equal change of any of the four breatkfasts?

Yes, it's 1 change out of 4.

Hello Ms. Sue so then I did get my answer correct then ?

Yes, right.

To determine if Clarissa's belief that it is likely for her to select oatmeal for breakfast by random chance, we need to consider the number of oatmeal options compared to the total number of breakfast options.

Given the breakfast options:
- Oatmeal
- Cereal
- French toast
- Scrambled eggs

We can see that there are a total of four options.

To calculate the likelihood of selecting a specific option, we can use the concept of probability. The probability of selecting a specific option is determined by dividing the number of favorable outcomes (in this case, oatmeal) by the total number of possible outcomes (all breakfast options).

In this case, there is only one option for oatmeal, and four options in total. So the probability of selecting oatmeal is 1/4, or 25%.

Therefore, it is incorrect for Clarissa to assume that if she selects a breakfast at random, it is likely to be oatmeal. In reality, she has a 25% chance of selecting oatmeal and an equal chance of selecting any of the other breakfast options.