Question

Maya drew one highlighter at a time from a container of highlighters. After each draw, the highlighter was replaced.

Maya recorded the results of 20 draws in the table below.

Draw Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw Result
1 blue 6 purple 11 orange 16 yellow
2 pink 7 orange 12 pink 17 purple
3 purple 8 blue 13 yellow 18 blue
4 orange 9 orange 14 purple 19 orange
5 blue 10 purple 15 orange 20 pink

What is the experimental probability of drawing a blue highlighter?

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

To find the experimental probability of drawing a blue highlighter, we need to count the number of times a blue highlighter was drawn and divide it by the total number of draws.

From the table, we can see that a blue highlighter was drawn 3 times out of 20 draws.

Experimental probability of drawing a blue highlighter = Number of times blue highlighter was drawn / Total number of draws
Experimental probability of drawing a blue highlighter = 3/20
Experimental probability of drawing a blue highlighter = 0.15 or 15%

Therefore, the experimental probability of drawing a blue highlighter is 15%.