Question

A farmer grows vegetables on seven acres, fruit on six acres, and flowers on two acres. Out in his fields, he finds a ladybug. To the nearest tenth of a percent, what is the theoretical probability that the ladybug was not found within the acres of flowers? 13.3% 15.4% 84.6% 86.7%

Answer 1

Answer: d

Explanation:

Answer 2

Option D : 86.7% is the answer.

Explanation:

Given information is :

A farmer grows vegetables on 7 acres of land.

He grows fruit on 6 acres of land.

And he grows flowers on 2 acres of land.

Total farming acres are =
`7+6+2=15` acres.

Now, we have to find what the theoretical probability that the ladybug was not found within the acres of flowers. This means it was not found in 2 acres of land. It must have been in 13 acres of land.

So, probability will be :
`(13)/(15) *100` = 86.66% ≈86.7%

Therefore, option D is the answer.