Question

Suppose the probability of selecting a supermarket shopper who prefers plastic bags instead of paper bags is 50%. Out of 150 shoppers, how many can you expect will prefer plastic bags?(1 point)

Responses

70
70

100
100

75
75

50

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

75

The expected number of shoppers who prefer plastic bags can be calculated by multiplying the probability of selecting a shopper who prefers plastic bags (50% or 0.5) by the total number of shoppers (150).

0.5 * 150 = 75

Therefore, you can expect 75 shoppers out of 150 to prefer plastic bags.