Math Question- Probability

Question

Gary randomly chose an item from the following lot:

( “I” stands for ice cream cone , “S” stands for soccer ball, “B” stands for book, and “C” stands for coin.)

I I S B B S B

C B B I C C I

Use this lot to match the questions in the first column with their corresponding answer.

Answer Choices

Probability of choosing an 5/14

ice cream cone from the lot?

Probability of choosing 2/7

a soccer ball from the lot?

Probability of choosing 1/7

a book from the lot?

Probability of choosing. 3/14

a coin from the lot? _

Answer 1

The answer is 2/7. Out of 14 possibilities, Ice Cream is 4 possible choices. Therefore, the Probability of I P (I) = 4/14; 2/7 is 4/14 reduced to lowest terns (simplified)