Portia drew lollipops randomly from a bag one by one. After each draw, she recorded the flavor of the lollipop, then she returned the lollipop to the bag, and then she drew the next lollipop. Her results are recorded below. Lollipops Flavor Number Drawn cherry grape blue raspberry sour apple orange What is the experimental probability that a lollipop randomly drawn from the bag will be orange-flavored? A. B. C. D.
Hi and welcome to QuestionCove! The experimental probability of an event is the number of times that event has been observed divided by the number of total observations. In this case, orange-flavored lollipops have been observed 8 times, and the table shows a total of 40 observations. The experimental probability is 8/40, which you may simplify to find your answer
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