A movie theater sells popcorn in small, medium, large and jumbo sizes. The customers of the first show purchase 4 small, 20 medium, 40 large, and 16 jumbo containers of popcorn. Find the probability shown below. p(large container)

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A movie theater sells popcorn in small, medium, large and jumbo sizes.  The customers of the first show purchase 4 small, 20 medium, 40 large, and 16 jumbo containers of popcorn.  Find the probability shown below.  p(large container)

anonymous · Answer

$$P(\large container) = 40/80=1/2 =50%$$

40 is number of choices we have for large container and 80 is out of all sizes.
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