Of the last 60 people who went to the cash register at a department store, 15 had blond hair, 20 had black hair, 20 had brown hair, and 5 had red hair. Determine the empirical probability that the next person to come to the cash register has brown hair.

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Hassan Faulkner

Mathematics

3 July, 12:52

Of the last 60 people who went to the cash register at a department store, 15 had blond hair, 20 had black hair, 20 had brown hair, and 5 had red hair. Determine the empirical probability that the next person to come to the cash register has brown hair.

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Anastasia Villa · Answer 1

1/3

Step-by-step explanation:

Given data

15 Blonde

20 Black

20 Brown

5 Red

So, Total = 60

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P (Brown) = No. of people with brown hair/Total number of people

P (Brown) = 20/60 = 1/3