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A miniature golf course recently provided its customers with 1212 golf balls, of which 44 were pink. What is the experimental probability that the next customer will receive a pink golf ball? Simplify your answer and write it as a fraction or whole number.\newlineP(pink)=____P(\text{pink}) = \_\_\_\_

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Q. A miniature golf course recently provided its customers with 1212 golf balls, of which 44 were pink. What is the experimental probability that the next customer will receive a pink golf ball? Simplify your answer and write it as a fraction or whole number.\newlineP(pink)=____P(\text{pink}) = \_\_\_\_
  1. Identify total number of golf balls: Identify the total number of golf balls and the number of pink golf balls.\newlineThe total number of golf balls is 1212, and there are 44 pink golf balls.
  2. Calculate experimental probability: Calculate the experimental probability of receiving a pink golf ball. The experimental probability PP of an event is calculated by dividing the number of favorable outcomes by the total number of possible outcomes. P(pink)=Number of pink golf ballsTotal number of golf ballsP(\text{pink}) = \frac{\text{Number of pink golf balls}}{\text{Total number of golf balls}} P(pink)=412P(\text{pink}) = \frac{4}{12}
  3. Simplify fraction: Simplify the fraction to find the simplest form of the probability. \newline412\frac{4}{12} can be simplified by dividing both the numerator and the denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 44.\newlineP(pink)=(4÷4)(12÷4)P(\text{pink}) = \frac{(4 \div 4)}{(12 \div 4)}\newlineP(pink)=13P(\text{pink}) = \frac{1}{3}

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