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Boats from all along the Atlantic coast dock at a busy marina. Of the first 1313 boats to dock at the marina one day, 55 were from North Carolina. What is the experimental probability that the next boat to dock will be from North Carolina? Simplify your answer and write it as a fraction or whole number.\newlineP(NorthCarolina)=P(North Carolina) = ____

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Q. Boats from all along the Atlantic coast dock at a busy marina. Of the first 1313 boats to dock at the marina one day, 55 were from North Carolina. What is the experimental probability that the next boat to dock will be from North Carolina? Simplify your answer and write it as a fraction or whole number.\newlineP(NorthCarolina)=P(North Carolina) = ____
  1. Understand Experimental Probability: The experimental probability is based on the frequency of an event occurring in past trials. In this case, we are given that out of the first 1313 boats, 55 were from North Carolina. To find the experimental probability that the next boat will be from North Carolina, we use the formula:\newlineP(North Carolina)=Number of boats from North CarolinaTotal number of boats P(\text{North Carolina}) = \frac{\text{Number of boats from North Carolina}}{\text{Total number of boats}}
  2. Calculate Experimental Probability: Now we plug in the numbers from the problem into the formula:\newlineP(North Carolina)=513 P(\text{North Carolina}) = \frac{5}{13} \newlineThis fraction cannot be simplified further, so this is our experimental probability.
  3. Final Answer: Since the problem asks for the probability in the form of a fraction or a whole number, our final answer is already in the correct form.

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