Question

evelyn is recording what kinds of shoes people are wearing at the mall. sandals 4 sneakers 5 loafers 6 high heels 6 boots 3 what is the experimental probability that the next person evelyn sees will be wearing loafers? write your answer as a fraction or whole number. p(loafers) =

Explanation:

Step1: Calculate total number of people observed

$4 + 5+6 + 6+3=24$

Step2: Calculate experimental probability of loafers

The number of people wearing loafers is 6. The experimental - probability formula is $P(A)=\frac{\text{Number of favorable outcomes}}{\text{Total number of outcomes}}$. So $P(\text{loafers})=\frac{6}{24}=\frac{1}{4}$

Answer:

$\frac{1}{4}$