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Lillian is sitting on a bench in the mall. She noticed that 33 out of the last 1515 men who walked by had a beard. What is the experimental probability that the next man to walk by will have a beard? \newlineSimplify your answer and write it as a fraction or whole number.\newlineP(beard)=____P(\text{beard}) = \_\_\_\_

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Q. Lillian is sitting on a bench in the mall. She noticed that 33 out of the last 1515 men who walked by had a beard. What is the experimental probability that the next man to walk by will have a beard? \newlineSimplify your answer and write it as a fraction or whole number.\newlineP(beard)=____P(\text{beard}) = \_\_\_\_
  1. Observation: Lillian observed that 33 out of the last 1515 men who walked by had a beard. To find the experimental probability, we divide the number of men with beards by the total number of men observed.\newlineCalculation: P(beard)=Number of men with beardsTotal number of men observed=315P(\text{beard}) = \frac{\text{Number of men with beards}}{\text{Total number of men observed}} = \frac{3}{15}
  2. Experimental Probability Calculation: We can simplify the fraction 315\frac{3}{15} by dividing both the numerator and the denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 33.\newlineCalculation: Simplified P(beard)=(3÷3)(15÷3)=15P(\text{beard}) = \frac{(3 \div 3)}{(15 \div 3)} = \frac{1}{5}

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