Question

How do you solve this?

Answer 1

Answer:

$\frac{7}{10}$ straws drawn will be short

Step-by-step explanation:

Using the information from the table, we can find the overall probability of drawing a short straw based on the general rules of probability:

$\frac{desired outcomes}{totalnumberofoutcomes}=\frac{short}{totalstraws}=\frac{35}{50}=\frac{7}{10}$

So, the overall probability of drawing a short straw is $\frac{7}{10}$.

Since Laura is deciding to draw 10 more times, than we use the same probability to determine that 7 of those times will likely produce a short straw.