Question

Brenda is training to be a volunteer at her library. She wonders what the probability is that the first item she'll get to check out for a customer will be a video. So, on her first day of training, she tracks what items are checked out. The results are shown here in a tally chart.
Books: 37
Videos: 24
Mgazines: 19
Use Brenda's experimental data to estimate the probability that her first item to check out will be a video. Show and explain your work.

Answer 1

@Opcode

Answer 2

anyone?

Answer 3

The total is 37+24+19= 80 items
24 items are video's

Do you know how to calculate the percentage chance?

Answer 4

we'll see if opcode helps you first

Answer 5

no i was wondering that too

Answer 6

if we showed and explained to you how, that'll be our work and not yours :(

Answer 7

would i have to divide?

Answer 8

just divide the part (videos) by the total and multiply by 100% :)

Answer 9

okay so you are telling me to divide 24 by 80 ?

Answer 10

\(\large\dfrac{24}{80}*100\%\)

Answer 11

24/80 =0.3 now what do i do?

Answer 12

multiply by 100

Answer 13

so then my answer is 30 ?

Answer 14

Yes, the probability is 30% that she'll check out a video first

Answer 15

ok thanks so much you guys! medal to the both of you!

Answer 16

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