Meg surveyed some students at her school about their favorite professional sports. Of the students surveyed, 2 said football was their favorite sport, while 8 of the students had other favorite sports. What is the experimental probability that the next student Meg talks to will pick football? Simplify your answer and write it as a fraction or whole number.P(football)=____
Q. Meg surveyed some students at her school about their favorite professional sports. Of the students surveyed, 2 said football was their favorite sport, while 8 of the students had other favorite sports. What is the experimental probability that the next student Meg talks to will pick football? Simplify your answer and write it as a fraction or whole number.P(football)=____
Identify Students Surveyed: Identify the total number of students surveyed and the number of students who said football was their favorite sport.Meg surveyed a total of 2 (football) + 8 (other sports) = 10 students.
Calculate Experimental Probability: Calculate the experimental probability of a student picking football as their favorite sport. The experimental probability P of an event is calculated by dividing the number of times the event occurs by the total number of trials. P(football)=Total number of students surveyedNumber of students who picked footballP(football)=102
Simplify Fraction: Simplify the fraction to find the simplest form of the experimental probability. P(football)=102=51