Question

Lanessa pours a can of mixed fruit into a bowl. There are 17 grapes, 8 cherries, and 23 slices of pineapple. Without looking, she reaches in with her spoon and pulls out one piece of fruit. What is the best answer for the probability that she will spoon out a cherry? A 1/7 B 9/48 C 1/6 D 8/40

Answer 1

C

Explanation:

There are a total of 17+8+23=48 possible outcomes for her to pick a fruit. Out of those, 8 are cherries, meaning that the probability of her randomly picking one is 8/48=1/6. Hope this helps!

Answer 2

C 1/6

Explanation:

To calculate this probability, we need to add up all the fruits in the bowl (17 + 8 +23 = 48) and then isolate the number of fruits we are trying to spoon out (8). Putting this into the probability fraction, this becomes 8/48 or 1/6. So, Lanessa has a 1/6th chance of spooning out a cherry.