Question

xaviers mother has a large collection of shoes. the table shows how many pairs of shoes she has in each style. flip - flops 8, boots 4, clogs 6. if xaviers mother chose a pair of shoes at random, what is the probability that the shoes would be flip - flops? write your answer as a fraction or whole number. p(flip - flops) =

Explanation:

Step1: Calculate total number of shoes

$8 + 4+6=18$

Step2: Calculate probability of flip - flops

The number of flip - flops is 8. Probability formula is $P=\frac{\text{Number of favorable outcomes}}{\text{Total number of outcomes}}$. So $P(\text{flip - flops})=\frac{8}{18}=\frac{4}{9}$

Answer:

$\frac{4}{9}$