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From a sample tray, 33 of the last 99 cake samples chosen were chocolate. What is the experimental probability that the next piece of cake taken will be chocolate? Simplify your answer and write it as a fraction or whole number.\newlineP(chocolate)=___P(\text{chocolate}) = \_\_\_

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Q. From a sample tray, 33 of the last 99 cake samples chosen were chocolate. What is the experimental probability that the next piece of cake taken will be chocolate? Simplify your answer and write it as a fraction or whole number.\newlineP(chocolate)=___P(\text{chocolate}) = \_\_\_
  1. Define Experimental Probability: To find the experimental probability of an event, we divide the number of times the event occurred by the total number of trials. In this case, the event is choosing a chocolate cake sample, and the trials are the total number of cake samples chosen.
  2. Calculate Experimental Probability: The number of chocolate cake samples chosen is given as 33. The total number of cake samples chosen is 99. Therefore, the experimental probability of choosing a chocolate cake sample is calculated as follows:\newlineP(chocolate)=Number of chocolate cake samples chosenTotal number of cake samples chosenP(\text{chocolate}) = \frac{\text{Number of chocolate cake samples chosen}}{\text{Total number of cake samples chosen}}\newlineP(chocolate)=39P(\text{chocolate}) = \frac{3}{9}
  3. Simplify Fraction: We can simplify the fraction 39\frac{3}{9} by dividing both the numerator and the denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 33. \newlineP(chocolate)=(3÷39÷3)P(\text{chocolate}) = \left(\frac{3 \div 3}{9 \div 3}\right)\newlineP(chocolate)=13P(\text{chocolate}) = \frac{1}{3}

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