Question

A circus has 10 performers, of which 4 are magicians.

What is the probability that a randomly selected performer will be a magician?

Simplify your answer and write it as a fraction or whole number.

P(magician) =

Answer 1

40%

Explanation:

you would take the number of magicians and divide that number by the total number of performers like this:

4 / 10 = 0.4

which equals 40%

so the probability of selecting a performer and them being a magician would be 40% exactly

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