Question

Every new customer at the Burger Barn qualifies to receive a free whistle. The bag of whistles has 9 black ones, 6 red ones, 7 green ones, 10 pink ones, and 4 purple ones.

Answer 1

and the question?

Answer 2

What is the probability the next customer will receive a red one @answereverything

Answer 3

the number of reds /the sum

Answer 4

what do you mean? @answereverything

Answer 5

use the number of reds divided by the total number of whistles

Answer 6

@answereverything sorry im confused

Answer 7

Probability Of An Event
\[P(A)={ The Number Of Ways Event A Can Occur \over The Total Number Of Possible Outcomes}\]

Answer 8

ok, first of all, there are 9+6+7+10+4=36 whisltes, but there is only 6 red whistles, so the chance of getting of red one is the number of reds/the number of total whistles

Answer 9

In this case, the number of ways the event can occur is 6 (because it is the number of red whistles.)
The total number of possible outcomes is the total of all the whistles in the bag. (Add everything up, including the red whistles.)

Answer 10

\[6 \over 9+6+7+10+4\]

Answer 11

then simplify.

Answer 12

0.0625

Answer 13

Leave it in fraction form.

Answer 14

how?

Answer 15

Probability of Red = Number of red colored whistles / Total number of whistles

= 6 / 36

= 1/6

Answer 16

so its 1/6 the answer?

Answer 17

yes

Answer 18

thanks!:)

Answer 19

you're welcome.