Question

q 29. the table shows types of cookies that customers bought one afternoon from a bakery. find the p(chocolate chip). express your answer as a fraction.

cookie	chocolate chip	peanut butter	snickerdoodle

Explanation:

Step1: Find total number of people

Add the number of people who bought each type of cookie. $13 + 15+19=47$.

Step2: Calculate probability

The probability $P$ of an event is the number of favorable outcomes divided by the total number of outcomes. The number of people who bought chocolate - chip cookies is 19, and the total number of people is 47. So $P(\text{Chocolate Chip})=\frac{19}{47}$.

Answer:

$\frac{19}{47}$