Question

there are several different kinds of vehicles on a used car lot, so the owner makes a list of how many of each vehicle he has. motor scooters 8 minivans 24 station wagons 17 suvs 1 motorcycles 1 what is the probability that a randomly selected vehicle will be a minivan? write your answer as a fraction or whole number. p(minivan) =

Explanation:

Step1: Calculate total number of vehicles

$8 + 24+17 + 1+1=51$

Step2: Calculate probability of minivan

$P(\text{minivan})=\frac{\text{Number of minivans}}{\text{Total number of vehicles}}=\frac{24}{51}=\frac{8}{17}$

Answer:

$\frac{8}{17}$