At Donut King, 4 of the last 16 donuts sold had sprinkles. What is the experimental probability that the next donut sold will have sprinkles? Simplify your answer and write it as a fraction or whole number.P(sprinkles)=___
Q. At Donut King, 4 of the last 16 donuts sold had sprinkles. What is the experimental probability that the next donut sold will have sprinkles? Simplify your answer and write it as a fraction or whole number.P(sprinkles)=___
Calculate Experimental Probability: The experimental probability is calculated by dividing the number of successful outcomes by the total number of trials. In this case, the successful outcome is selling a donut with sprinkles, and the total number of trials is the total number of donuts sold.
Identify Successful Outcome: We are given that 4 of the last 16 donuts sold had sprinkles. So, the experimental probability of the next donut having sprinkles is 4 successful outcomes out of 16 total trials.
Perform Division: To find the probability, we perform the division: P(sprinkles)=Total number of donuts soldNumber of donuts with sprinkles=164.
Simplify Fraction: Simplifying the fraction 164, we divide both the numerator and the denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 4. So, 164 simplifies to 41.