Question

boats from all along the atlantic coast were moored at a busy marina one summer day. of the 16 boats at the marina, 8 were from maine. what is the probability that a randomly selected boat will be from maine? write your answer as a fraction or whole number. p(maine) =

Explanation:

Step1: Identify total and favorable cases

Total number of boats is 16, number of boats from Maine is 8.

Step2: Apply probability formula

Probability $P=\frac{\text{Number of favorable cases}}{\text{Total number of cases}}=\frac{8}{16}$.

Step3: Simplify the fraction

$\frac{8}{16}=\frac{1}{2}$.

Answer:

$\frac{1}{2}$