A basket is filled with 8 white eggs and 4 brown eggs. Half of the white eggs are cracked. An egg is randomly selected from the basket. What is the probability that it is a cracked, white egg? As a fraction
To find the probability of selecting a cracked white egg, we first need to determine the total number of cracked white eggs in the basket.
Since half of the white eggs are cracked, there are 8/2 = 4 cracked white eggs in the basket.
The total number of eggs in the basket is 8 white + 4 brown = 12 eggs.
Therefore, the probability of selecting a cracked, white egg is 4/12 = 1/3.