Question

A food company conducted a survey and found that 4 people had pancakes for breakfast yesterday, while 16 people had something else for breakfast.

What is the probability that a randomly selected person had pancakes for breakfast?

Simplify your answer and write it as a fraction or whole number.
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Answer 1

4/(16+4)

Answer 2

there are \(4\) people who eat pancakes out of a total of \(16+4=20\) people
\[
P(\text{that a person had pancakes})={4\over20}=?
\]

Answer 3

1/5