Question

A grocery store recently sold 10 cartons of yogurt, of which 5 were raspberry. What is the experimental probability that the next carton of yogurt sold will be raspberry?Simplify your answer and write it as a fraction or whole number.P(raspberry)=

Answer 1

Given that the grocery store recently sold 10 cartons of yogurt, you know that 5 were raspberry.

By definition, the Experimental Probability is:

$P(event)=\frac{Number\text{ }of\text{ }times\text{ }the\text{ }event\text{ }occurs}{Total\text{ }number\text{ }of\text{ }trials}$

In this case, you can identify that the total number of trials is:

$10$

And the number of times the event occurs is:

$5$

Therefore, you can determine that:

$P(raspberry)=\frac{5}{10}$

Reducing the fraction, you get:

$P(raspberry)=\frac{1}{2}$

Hence, the answer is:

$P(raspberry)=\frac{1}{2}$