Question

the baker made a batch of chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin, and sugar cookies. if p(chocolate chip) = 18%, interpret the likelihood of randomly selecting a chocolate chip cookie from the batch.
likely
unlikely
equally likely and unlikely
this value is not possible to represent probability of a chance event.
question 2 (not answered)

Explanation:

Step1: Recall Probability Likelihood

Probability values range from 0 (impossible) to 1 (certain). A probability of 18% (or 0.18) is less than 0.5.

Step2: Classify Likelihood

• "Likely" usually refers to probabilities > 50%.
• "Unlikely" refers to probabilities < 50%.
• "Equally likely and unlikely" is around 50%.
• 18% is valid (between 0 and 100%), so the last option is wrong. Since 18% < 50%, the event is unlikely.

Answer:

B. Unlikely (assuming the option with "Unlikely" is labeled as B, but based on the selection in the image, the correct choice is the "Unlikely" option, which in the given options is the second one. So the answer is the option with text "Unlikely".)