Question

a shelf holds 1 can of tomato soup, 2 cans of vegetable soup, 1 can of chicken noodle soup, and 16 cans of potato soup. without looking you grab one can of soup. whats the probabilty that its a potato soup?

Answer 1

@Directrix

Answer 2

well how many cans do you have total

Answer 3

20

Answer 4

20/16

Answer 5

1.25

Answer 6

well it can be that or if you simplify it would be 5/4

Answer 7

oh okay so on other questions i just find the total and divide by 100?

Answer 8

that was wrong....

Answer 9

no just do what ever the total amount/the amount you are pick and then just simplify the fraction

Answer 10

or divid

Answer 11

ohhh

Answer 12

thats at least how i was taught how to do it

Answer 13

it's "part" over "whole"

in other words, you should never get a number bigger than 1
(1 means 100% chance... more than 1 does not make sense for probability)
so do
16/20

Answer 14

oh okay thanks to both of you

Answer 15

oh srry i had it fliped

Answer 16

example: heads or tails? chance of heads is 1/2 (1 side over total of 2 possible sides)

notice that 2/1= 2 is not correct.

Answer 17

its fine.