A large bin of mixed nuts contains peanuts, cashews, almonds, and walnuts. Sheila scoops out a bowl full of nuts and counts how many of each type she has : 17 peanuts, 9 cashews, 12 almonds, and 10 walnuts.
Armando scoops out a bowl of 32 nuts. About how many should he expect to be cashews?

A.5

B.6

C.9

D.18

Question

A large bin of mixed nuts contains peanuts,  cashews, almonds, and walnuts. Sheila scoops out a bowl full of nuts and counts how many of each type she has : 17 peanuts, 9 cashews, 12 almonds, and 10 walnuts.
   Armando scoops out a bowl of 32 nuts. About how many should he expect to be cashews?

A.5

B.6

C.9

D.18

anonymous · Answer

17 peanuts, 9 cashews, 12 almonds, and 10 walnuts.
Is a random selection. 
17+9+12+10=48
9 out of 48 is cashews 
9/48=3/16

For another sample we draw 32 nuts 
Expected to get 
32*3/16=2*3=6

dwelsher · Answer

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dwelsher · Answer

9/48=~18or 19 therefore what is you close answer.Use process of elimination to solve