Question

a high school choir has had 6 bass singers and 18 other singers join so far. what is the experimental probability that the next student to join will be a bass singer? write your answer as a fraction or whole number. p(bass singer) =

Explanation:

Step1: Find total number of singers

$6 + 18=24$

Step2: Calculate probability of next singer being a bass - singer

$P(\text{bass singer})=\frac{\text{Number of bass singers}}{\text{Total number of singers}}=\frac{6}{24}$

Step3: Simplify the fraction

$\frac{6\div6}{24\div6}=\frac{1}{4}$

Answer:

$\frac{1}{4}$