Question

Jackie has cheering practice on Thursday and Friday if it doesn't rain. Thursday there is a 20% chance of rain and Friday there is a 40% chance of rain. What percent chance is there that it will rain on both Thursday and Friday?

Answer 1

There is a 20% (or 20/100chance) it will rain on Thursday and there is a 40% (or 40/100) chance it will rain on Friday. In order to find out the probability of it raining both days, we need to multiply these two values. (40/100)(20/100)= 800/10,000= 0.08. We move the decimal over two places to get a percent, so we get an 8% chance it will rain on both Thursday and Friday.