a child finds a stack of old magazines in the basement and picks one out at random. find the probability that the magazine is a sports magazine if the pile consists of 25 sports magazines, 11 news magazines, and 2 travel magazines. (round your answer to three decimal places.)

Mathematical explanations of the likelihood that an event will occur or that a statement is true are referred to as probabilities. A number between 0 and 1 represents the likelihood of an event, with 0 generally denoting impossibility and 1 denoting certainty.

According to data in the given question,

We have the given information:

The number of sports magazines = 25

The number of news magazines = 11

The number of travel magazines = 2

Now, we will calculate the probability of the magazine is a sports magazine,

Total number of magazine = 25+11+2 = 38

To find the probability that the random selected magazine is a sports magazine divide the amount of sports magazines by the total amount of magazines:

P( sports magazine ) = Number of sports magazine/Total number of magazine

[tex]=\frac{25}{38}\\ =0.065[/tex]

Therefore, the required probability is 0.065.

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