Aubrey's Pie Shop recently sold 6 cherry pies and 14 other pies. What is the experimental probability that the next pie sold will be a cherry pie? Simplify your answer and write it as a fraction or whole number.P(cherry pie)=___
Q. Aubrey's Pie Shop recently sold 6 cherry pies and 14 other pies. What is the experimental probability that the next pie sold will be a cherry pie? Simplify your answer and write it as a fraction or whole number.P(cherry pie)=___
Define Event and Trials: To find the experimental probability of an event, we divide the number of times the event has occurred by the total number of trials. In this case, the event is selling a cherry pie, and the trials are the total pies sold.
Calculate Number of Pies: The number of cherry pies sold is 6. The total number of pies sold is the sum of cherry pies and other pies, which is 6 cherry pies +14 other pies.
Calculate Total Pies Sold: Calculating the total number of pies sold: 6+14=20 pies.
Calculate Experimental Probability: Now, we calculate the experimental probability of selling a cherry pie as the number of cherry pies sold divided by the total number of pies sold: P(cherry pie)=206.
Simplify Fraction: Simplify the fraction 206 by dividing both the numerator and the denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 2: (20÷26÷2)=103.