Question

A grocery store recently sold 15 cans of soup, 3 of which contain cream of mushroom soup. What is the experimental probability that the next can sold will be cream of mushroom soup?
Simplify your answer and write it as a fraction or whole number.

Answer 1

Experimental probability is given by:
Experimental probability=(number of occurrences of the events)/(total number of trials made)
number of occurrences of cream of mashrooms=3
total number of trials=15
thus:
Experimental probability=3/15=1/5