Question

Jamie is picking plums from theirorchard. There are worms in every 2out of 12 plums she picks. She picked56 plums for her mom to make plumjelly. About how many plums will haveworms in them?A 6B 9C, 12D 20

Answer 1

The statement tells us two important things:

1. For every 12 plums, 2 have worms.

2. Jamie has picked 56 plums

For this, we know that the probability that it has worms is 2/12 and that the set of total plums is 56 so of those 56 plums we can know how many have worms by multiplying them by the probability that this event could happen.

`\begin{gathered} (2)/(12)\cdot56=9.3333 \\ 9.3333\cong9 \end{gathered}`

In conclusion, approximately 9 plums have worms, the answer is the B option