A fruit basket contains 8 oranges ,5 apples , 2 pears . if you randomly pull one piece of fruit from the basket what would the following probabilities be ? ( write each answers as a fraction , decimal ,and percent . apple , orange or pear not oranges
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prob(apple) = 5/15 = 1/3
= .3333.....
= 33.33..%
there were 5 apples out of the total of 15 fruits, thus 5/15
do the others in the same way.
To find the probability of pulling a specific type of fruit from the basket, we need to divide the number of that fruit by the total number of fruits in the basket.
Total number of fruits = 8 oranges + 5 apples + 2 pears = 15 fruits
1. Probability of pulling an apple:
Number of apples = 5
Probability of pulling an apple = 5/15 = 1/3 ≈ 0.333 ≈ 33.3%
2. Probability of pulling an orange:
Number of oranges = 8
Probability of pulling an orange = 8/15 ≈ 0.533 ≈ 53.3%
3. Probability of pulling a pear:
Number of pears = 2
Probability of pulling a pear = 2/15 ≈ 0.133 ≈ 13.3%
To summarize:
- The probability of pulling an apple is 1/3, approximately 0.333, or 33.3%.
- The probability of pulling an orange is 8/15, approximately 0.533, or 53.3%.
- The probability of pulling a pear is 2/15, approximately 0.133, or 13.3%.