Question

emily has a basket of cookies. there are 20 chocolate chip, 15 sugar and 25 peanut butter cookies. what is the probability of a randomly selecting a sugar cookie?

Explanation:

Step1: Calculate total number of cookies

Total number of cookies = \(20 + 15+25=60\)

Step2: Calculate probability of selecting sugar cookie

Probability \(P=\frac{\text{Number of sugar cookies}}{\text{Total number of cookies}}\)
\(P = \frac{15}{60}\)
Simplify \(\frac{15}{60}=\frac{1}{4}=0.25 = 25\%\)

Answer:

\(25\%\)