Question

mrs. hunter has a box with 5 unsharpened pencils and 10 sharpened pencils. if she takes out 1 pencil without looking, what are the chances that the pencil she gets will be sharpened? impossible certain unlikely but not impossible likely but not certain

Explanation:

Step1: Calculate total number of pencils

Total pencils = Unsharpened + Sharpened = 5 + 10 = 15

Step2: Calculate probability of getting a sharpened pencil

Probability = $\frac{\text{Number of sharpened pencils}}{\text{Total number of pencils}}=\frac{10}{15}=\frac{2}{3}$
Since $\frac{2}{3}$ is greater than $\frac{1}{2}$ but less than 1, it is likely but not certain.

Answer:

Likely but not certain