Question

a t - shirt stand on the boardwalk recently sold 6 purple shirts and 9 shirts in other colors. what is the experimental probability that the next shirt sold will be purple? write your answer as a fraction or whole number. p(purple) =

Explanation:

Step1: Find total number of shirts

$6 + 9=15$

Step2: Calculate experimental probability

$P(\text{purple})=\frac{\text{Number of purple shirts}}{\text{Total number of shirts}}=\frac{6}{15}=\frac{2}{5}$

Answer:

$\frac{2}{5}$