Addison has a bag that contains pineapple chews, cherry chews, and watermelon chews. She performs an experiment . Addison randomly removes a chew from the bag, records the result, and returns the chew to the bag. Addison performs the experiment 23 times. The results are shown below : A pineapple chew was selected 7 times. A cherry chew was selected 2 times. A watermelon chew was selected 14 times. Based on these results, express the probability that the next chew Addison removes from the bag will be watermelon chew as a decimal to the nearest hundredth .
To find the probability of selecting a watermelon chew next, we need to determine the total number of chews selected in the experiment.
Total number of chews selected = 7 (pineapple) + 2 (cherry) + 14 (watermelon) = 23
Therefore, the probability of selecting a watermelon chew next can be calculated as:
Probability = Number of watermelon chews / Total number of chews selected
Probability = 14 / 23
Probability ≈ 0.61
Therefore, the probability that the next chew Addison removes from the bag will be a watermelon chew is approximately 0.61 (rounded to the nearest hundredth).