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At downtown dogs, 3 of the last 10 customers wanted mustard on their hot dogs. What is the experimental probability that the next customer will want mustard?

Sagot :

The experimental probability of an event is based of an actual experiment. It depends on what has already happened with the experiment.

Probability of an Event P(E) = Number of times an event occurs / Total number of trials

• In this problem, the total number of trials is the total number of customers.

,

• The number of times event occured is the number of customers who wanted mustard on their hotdog.

Thus,

Given,

--- 10 customers

--- Out of which 3 wanted mustard

Thus, the probability that the next customer will want mustard is 3 over 10, or

[tex]\frac{3}{10}[/tex]