Question

of the recent customers at burger haven, 2 wanted cheese on their burgers and 14 did not. what is the experimental probability that the next customer will want cheese on his or her burger? write your answer as a fraction or whole number. p(cheese) =

Explanation:

Step1: Find total number of customers

The total number of recent customers is the sum of those who wanted cheese and those who didn't. So, $2 + 14=16$ customers in total.

Step2: Calculate experimental - probability

The experimental probability $P$ of an event is the number of favorable outcomes divided by the total number of outcomes. Here, the number of favorable outcomes (customers who wanted cheese) is 2, and the total number of outcomes (total customers) is 16. So, $P(\text{cheese})=\frac{2}{16}=\frac{1}{8}$.

Answer:

$\frac{1}{8}$