Thomas is keeping records at the city fishing tournament. The table shows the information on the number of each type of fish caught in the tournament so far.

a. Estimate the probability that the next fish caught will be a perch. Show your work.
b. Estimate the probability that the next fish will be either a bass or a walleye. Show your work.

Fish Perch Sunfish Bass Walleye
Number of Fish 32 21 14 12

Question

Thomas is keeping records at the city fishing tournament. The table shows the information on the number of each type of fish caught in the tournament so far.

a. Estimate the probability that the next fish caught will be a perch. Show your work. 
b. Estimate the probability that the next fish will be either a bass or a walleye. Show your work. 
  


Fish                  Perch Sunfish Bass Walleye 
Number of Fish   32       21     14      12

anonymous · Answer

For the first part, the answer is probably 32 / (32 + 21 + 14 + 12) = 32 / 79 = .4050
Ie, the no. of Perch caught against the total number of fish caught.

anonymous · Answer

can you just give me a simple answer because that is pretty complicated

anonymous · Answer

It is as simple as it can be. Okay, its just the ratio between the no. of perch caught and the total number of fish caught. So, it's 32 / 79 and that equals 0.405063. (Probably 0.405 will be enough)

anonymous · Answer

thank you