You choose a fruit from the bowl without looking. Do you think each fruit will be equally likely to be selected? Why or why not? How likely will you select a banana? Is it likely that you will select an orange? What do you need to know in order to determine the likelihood of selecting a pear? If there are 24 pieces of fruit in the bowl, what is the likelihood of selecting a pear or an apple? If you select two fruit without replacement, what is the chance that you will have an orange and a banana? What affects the outcome of these choices?
The likelihood of selecting a specific fruit from a bowl depends on the distribution of the different types of fruit in the bowl. If each type of fruit is represented an equal number of times, then each fruit would be equally likely to be selected. However, if there are more bananas than oranges, for example, then you would be more likely to select a banana.
Without more information about the contents of the bowl, it is difficult to determine the likelihood of selecting a specific fruit. However, if we knew that there were 3 bananas, 2 oranges, and 4 pears in the bowl, we could calculate the probabilities.
For example, if there are 24 pieces of fruit in the bowl and 4 of them are pears, the likelihood of selecting a pear would be 4/24 or 1/6.
If the bowl also contains 6 apples, the likelihood of selecting a pear or an apple would be 10/24 or 5/12.
If you select two fruit without replacement, the chance of selecting an orange and a banana would depend on the remaining fruits in the bowl after the first selection. For example, if you select an orange first, the probability of selecting a banana next would be different than if you had selected a different fruit first.
The outcome of these choices is affected by the distribution of the fruits in the bowl and the order in which the fruits are selected. To accurately determine the probabilities, you would need to know the exact number of each type of fruit in the bowl.