Question

In a cookie jar containing 6 chocolate chip cookies, 8 sugar cookies, and 10 peanut butter cookies, what is the probability that a person who isn’t looking as they pull out one cookie, will get a chocolate chip cookie? express your answer a

Answer 1

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Question: In a cookie jar containing 6 chocolate chip cookies, 8 sugar cookies, and 10 peanut butter cookies, what is the probability that a person who isn’t looking as they pull out one cookie, will get a chocolate chip cookie?

Answer: First you need to calculate the total of cookies in the jar.
6 + 10 + 8 = 24.
There are 6 chocolate chip cookies. 
Therefore the fraction is $\frac{6}{24}$
You can simplify it after that if you wish to.

In short, Your answer is $\frac{6}{24}$ .
In simplified form it would be $\frac{1}{4}$.

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