Question

Spencer buys a bag of 400 lollipops. Each lollipop has one of three flavors: cherry, watermelon, or grape. Spencer picks 15 lollipops at
random from the bag. The results of the flavors he chooses are listed below.
• 9 cherry
• 3 watermelon
• 3 grape
Based on these results, how many of the 400 lollipops should Spencer expect to be cherry flavored?
133
160
240
266
*please hurry I need it fast*

Answer 1

Answer:

240 lollipops

Step-by-step explanation:

Cherry probability=9/15=3/5=0.6=60%.

$\frac{3}{5} =\frac{x}{400}$

$5x=1200$

$x=240$

240 of the lollipops should be cherry-flavored.