Question

A particular library has 58 visitors. When the visitors were asked how many books they read that year, 20 said they read one book, 22 said they read three, and 16 said they read five. Assuming the visitors are telling the truth, what is the empirical probability that a visitor read five books? Write your answer as an exact fraction which is reduced as much as possible

Answer 1

Answer:

16/58 = 8/29

Step-by-step explanation:

p = number of required outcome/number of total out come

p = 16/58 ie number of people that read five book divided by total number of people