Lanessa pours a can of mixed fruit into a bowl. There are 17 grapes, 8 cherries, and 23 slices of pineapple. Without looking, sh
e reaches in with her spoon and pulls out one piece of fruit. What is the best answer for the probability that she will spoon out a cherry? A 1/7 B 9/48 C 1/6 D 8/40
To calculate this probability, we need to add up all the fruits in the bowl (17 + 8 +23 = 48) and then isolate the number of fruits we are trying to spoon out (8). Putting this into the probability fraction, this becomes 8/48 or 1/6. So, Lanessa has a 1/6th chance of spooning out a cherry.
There are a total of 17+8+23=48 possible outcomes for her to pick a fruit. Out of those, 8 are cherries, meaning that the probability of her randomly picking one is 8/48=1/6. Hope this helps!
