Question

A large bin of mixed nuts contains peanuts, cashews, almonds, and walnuts. Luke scoops out a bowl full of nuts and counts how many of each type he has: 18 peanuts, 8 cashews, 10 almonds, and 9 walnuts.


Armando scoops out a bowl of 30 nuts. About how many should he expect to be peanuts?

A.
4

B.
6

C.
9

D.
12

Answer 1

@Abhisar

Answer 2

How many total nuts are there to start?

Answer 3

45

Answer 4

First you will have to calculate the probability of finding peanuts. Since, luke got 18 peanuts from the total 45 nuts he took out (18+8+10+9). The probability (P) of finding peanuts = 18/45.

Now, Armado should expect P*30 peanuts = ?

Answer 5

12

Answer 6

no it is look

Answer 7

@Abhisar what?

Answer 8

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Answer 9

good job :)