Question

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Annie's Pie Shop has 12 pies for sale, including 4 chocolate cream pies.
What is the probability that a randomly selected pie will be a chocolate cream pie?
Write your answer as a fraction or whole number.
P(chocolate cream pie)=

Answer 1

1/3 or 33.333... %

Explanation:

The way you find the probability or chance of something is by finding the total first. In this case that would be Annie saying she has 12 pies for sale. And we are trying to find the chance of chocolate cream pie. The problem mentions there are 4.

4/12 = 1/3 or 0.333... or 0.33 %

Advice:

Remember to write down key info before tackling any challenging problem. Assign these to variables. X being chocolate cream pies and Y being total pies. X/Y or 4/12 got us our answer here and this will certainly help in the future.

Good Luck with Math!