Ted bought a collection of sports trading cards from a flea market. He randomly picks one card from the collection, puts it back, and picks another card. He repeats this several times and gets 7 baseball, 6 football, 3 soccer, and 4 hockey cards.Based on the data, what is the probability that the next card Ted picks will be a baseball card?Write your answer as a fraction or whole number.
Q. Ted bought a collection of sports trading cards from a flea market. He randomly picks one card from the collection, puts it back, and picks another card. He repeats this several times and gets 7 baseball, 6 football, 3 soccer, and 4 hockey cards.Based on the data, what is the probability that the next card Ted picks will be a baseball card?Write your answer as a fraction or whole number.
Count Total Cards: Step 1: Count the total number of cards Ted picked.He picked 7 baseball, 6 football, 3 soccer, and 4 hockey cards.Total cards = 7+6+3+4=20 cards.
Identify Baseball Cards: Step 2: Identify the number of baseball cards picked.Baseball cards picked = 7.
Calculate Probability: Step 3: Calculate the probability of picking a baseball card.Probability = Number of baseball cards / Total number of cardsProbability = 207.
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