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In Mathematics / High School | 2014-11-04

A shelf has 20 bags of potatoes. Two of the bags have potatoes starting to go bad.

What is the expected probability of the complement of the event "bad bags of potatoes"?

Asked by cassiebarker23

Answer (3)

Total of 20 bags
2 "bad bags"
Bad/total=2/20=1/10
Theres a 10% or 1/10 chance that you will pick a bad bag

Answered by daniellemajor2 | 2024-06-10

the expected probability will be (1/10) or 10%. ;

Answered by eudora | 2024-06-12

The expected probability of the complement of the event 'bad bags of potatoes' is 0.9, or 90%. This means that there is a 90% chance of picking a good bag of potatoes. The complement event refers to the situation where the bags are good, not bad.
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Answered by eudora | 2024-08-20

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