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Meg surveyed some students at her school about their favorite professional sports. Of the students surveyed, 22 said football was their favorite sport, while 88 of the students had other favorite sports. What is the experimental probability that the next student Meg talks to will pick football? \newlineSimplify your answer and write it as a fraction or whole number.\newlineP(football)=____P(\text{football}) = \_\_\_\_

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Q. Meg surveyed some students at her school about their favorite professional sports. Of the students surveyed, 22 said football was their favorite sport, while 88 of the students had other favorite sports. What is the experimental probability that the next student Meg talks to will pick football? \newlineSimplify your answer and write it as a fraction or whole number.\newlineP(football)=____P(\text{football}) = \_\_\_\_
  1. Identify Students Surveyed: Identify the total number of students surveyed and the number of students who said football was their favorite sport.\newlineMeg surveyed a total of 22 (football) + 88 (other sports) = 1010 students.
  2. Calculate Experimental Probability: Calculate the experimental probability of a student picking football as their favorite sport. The experimental probability PP of an event is calculated by dividing the number of times the event occurs by the total number of trials. P(football)=Number of students who picked footballTotal number of students surveyedP(\text{football}) = \frac{\text{Number of students who picked football}}{\text{Total number of students surveyed}} P(football)=210P(\text{football}) = \frac{2}{10}
  3. Simplify Fraction: Simplify the fraction to find the simplest form of the experimental probability. P(football)=210=15P(\text{football}) = \frac{2}{10} = \frac{1}{5}

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