A fast food company puts a prize in each kid’s meal. There are 5 different prizes. The prizes were randomly placed in 60 kid’s meals. The results are shown in the table below. Prizes in Kids' Meals Prize Number of Meals book 18 action figure 9 sippy cup 14 bouncy ball 12 spy glasses 7 Based on the data, what is the probability that the next kid’s meal will contain a book? answer correctly
To find the probability that the next kid's meal will contain a book, we first need to find the total number of meals and the number of meals containing a book.
Total number of meals = 60
Number of meals containing a book = 18
Probability = Number of favorable outcomes / Total number of possible outcomes
Probability = Number of meals containing a book / Total number of meals
Probability = 18 / 60
Probability = 0.3
Therefore, the probability that the next kid's meal will contain a book is 0.3 or 30%.