on a sample basis tray 2 out of 10 cake samples are strawberry. What is the probability that a randomly selected piece of cake will be strawberry?Write your answer as a fraction or whole number p(strawberry)=

Answer :

Remember that the probability of an event is the number of times the event can happen divided by the number of possible event:

[tex]P(A)=\frac{\#\text{ of times that A happens}}{\#\text{ of all outcomes}}[/tex]

In this case, we have that the tray has 10 cakes, and 2 are strawberry. Then, the probability to randomly select a strawberry cake is:

[tex]\begin{gathered} A\colon\text{strawberry cake} \\ \Rightarrow P(A)=\frac{2}{10}=\frac{1}{5} \\ P(A)=\frac{1}{5}_{} \end{gathered}[/tex]

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