Question

Zane is planting an herb garden and goes to the garden center to buy plants. 18 of the plants

are rosemary plants, and 20 of the plants are plants of other types.
What is the probability that one plant randomly selected from the garden center will be a
rosemary plant? Write your answer as a fraction or whole number.

Answer 1

P (rosemary) = 9/19

Explanation:

Given :-

• 18 of the plants are rosemary
• 20 plants are of other types

To Find :-

• Probability of selecting a rosemary plant

Solving :-

• Total No. of plants = 18 + 20 = 38 plants
• P (rosemary) = No. of rosemary / No. of total plants
• P (rosemary) = 18/38
• P (rosemary) = 9/19