Mr. Gle brought a cooler containing drinks to his daughter’s soccer game. There are 15 sports drinks, 5 cans of orange juice, and 3 sodas. If a drink is selecte

Question

 Mr. Gle brought a cooler containing drinks to his daughter’s soccer game. There are 15 sports drinks, 5 cans of orange juice, and 3 sodas. If a drink is selected at random from the cooler, what is the probability that it is a sports drink? Express your answer as a fraction (num/deno no spaces)

Answer:

Answer 1

How many total drinks?

23

How many sports drinks?

15

 

So you have a 15 out of 23, or 15/23, chance of picking a sports drink.