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A local weather forecaster uses percentages to describe chances of precipitation. Do you think percentages should be used to express probabilities or fractions? Which do you prefer? Why?

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raiderjameson

Answer:

It depends on what you prefer

Step-by-step explanation:

personally, i prefer percentages because sometimes fractions can get confusing. imagine someone saying " we have 1/2 chance of rain today and 1/8 of it will be scatterd showers while for 1/16th of the day will be clear."

I believe i got my point across

The probability can be expressed in the form of percentages as well as fractions form.

What is the percentage?

It's the ratio of two integers stated as a fraction of a hundred parts. It is a metric for comparing two sets of data, and it is expressed as a percentage using the percent symbol.

We have:

A local weather forecaster uses percentages to describe the chances of precipitation.

As we know, probability can be defined as the ratio of the number of favourable outcomes to the total number of outcomes, in other words, the probability is the number that shows the happening of the event.

Let the chance of rain is 50% for tommorrow.

The probability for rain = 50%

We can write the above probability in the a form of fraction.

P = 50% = 50/100

P = 1/2

Thus, the probability can be expressed in the form of percentages as well as fractions form.

Learn more about the percentage here:

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