Clare surveyed some students at her school about their favorite professional sports. Of the students surveyed, 19 said baseball was their favorite sport, while 38 of the students had other favorite sports. What is the experimental probability that the next student Clare talks to will pick baseball?
The experimental probability is calculated by taking the number of times the event (picking baseball) occurs and dividing it by the total number of trials (students surveyed).
In this case, the number of times baseball was chosen as a favorite sport is 19. The total number of students surveyed is not given, but we know that 38 had other favorite sports. This means that the total number of students surveyed is 19 + 38 = 57.
So the experimental probability of the next student choosing baseball as their favorite sport is:
19/57
which simplifies to:
1/3 (or approximately 0.333)
Therefore, the experimental probability is 1/3 or approximately 0.333.