Question

A basket is filled with 8 white eggs and 9 brown eggs. Half of the while eggs are cracked. An egg is randomly selected from the basket. What is the probability that it is a cracked, white egg? Write the answer as a fracton

Answer 1

EXPLANATION

In the question, we are given that

$\begin{gathered} total\text{ number of eggs = white egg + brown egg=17 eggs} \\ number\text{ of cracked white eggs=}\frac{1}{2}\times n(white\text{ eggs\rparen}=\frac{1}{2}\times8=4 \end{gathered}$

Therefore, the probability of picking a random cracked, white egg is given as

$Pr(CW)=\frac{n(cracked\text{ }white\text{ }eggs)}{total\text{ number of eggs}}=\frac{4}{17}$

Answer:4/17