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Shelley's Cupcakes recently sold 88 cupcakes, of which 44 were coconut cupcakes. Considering this data, how many of the next 2020 cupcakes sold would you expect to be coconut cupcakes?\newline____ coconut cupcakes

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Q. Shelley's Cupcakes recently sold 88 cupcakes, of which 44 were coconut cupcakes. Considering this data, how many of the next 2020 cupcakes sold would you expect to be coconut cupcakes?\newline____ coconut cupcakes
  1. Find Cupcake Sales: First, let's find out how many cupcakes were sold and how many of them were coconut. We know 88 cupcakes were sold, and 44 of these were coconut.
  2. Calculate Probability: Next, we calculate the probability of selling a coconut cupcake. This is the number of coconut cupcakes divided by the total number of cupcakes sold. \newlineP(coconut cupcakes)=48=12P(\text{coconut cupcakes}) = \frac{4}{8} = \frac{1}{2}
  3. Predict Coconut Cupcakes: Now, we use this probability to predict how many of the next 2020 cupcakes sold will be coconut. We multiply the probability by the number of upcoming sales:\newlineExpected coconut cupcakes = 12×20=10\frac{1}{2} \times 20 = 10

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