Stacy and Clinton are setting up the community center for a freshman orientation. They set up 8 rectangular tables with 6 chairs each and 5 round tables with 4 chairs each. The chairs are randomly numbered starting with 1 and the freshman will be randomly assigned a seat number.%0D%0A%0D%0AWhat is the probability that the first freshman to arrive will be seated at a round table? %0D%0AResponses

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Stacy and Clinton are setting up the community center for a freshman orientation. They set up 8 rectangular tables with 6 chairs each and 5 round tables with 4 chairs each. The chairs are randomly numbered starting with 1 and the freshman will be randomly assigned a seat number.%0D%0A%0D%0AWhat is the probability that the first freshman to arrive will be seated at a round table? %0D%0AResponses

Answer 1

There are a total of 48 chairs at rectangular tables (8 tables * 6 chairs) and 20 chairs at round tables (5 tables * 4 chairs).

The probability that the first freshman to arrive will be seated at a round table is:

Number of chairs at round tables / Total number of chairs
= 20 / (48 + 20)
= 20 / 68
= 5/17

Therefore, the probability is 5/17 or approximately 0.2941.