Question

judith surveyed some students at her school about their favorite primary color. yellow 2 red 5 blue 3 what is the experimental probability that the next student judith talks to will pick red? write your answer as a fraction or whole number. p(red) =

Explanation:

Step1: Calculate total number of students surveyed

$2 + 5+3=10$

Step2: Calculate probability of picking red

The number of students who picked red is 5. The probability formula is $P(A)=\frac{\text{Number of favorable outcomes}}{\text{Total number of outcomes}}$. So $P(\text{red})=\frac{5}{10}$

Answer:

$\frac{5}{10}$