Question

In a neighborhood pet show, each of the animals entered is equally likely to win. if there are 7 dogs, 6 cats, 3 birds, and 2 gerbils entered, what is the probability that a bird will win the top prize?

Answer 1

In this pet show, there are exactly 18 animals. We obtain this by simply adding the numbers. Out of this number, there are 3 birds. The probability that a bird will win the show is calculated by dividing the number of birds by the total number of animals. This gives us the answer of 3/18 or equal to 1/6.