Samir has a big bag of wooden blocks in assorted shapes. He randomly picks a block from the bag, records its shape, and puts it back in the bag. He does this 15 times and records 6 squares, 3 trapezoids, 4 kites, and 2 rectangles. Based on the data ,what is the probability of choosing a sqaure block

Samir has a big bag of wooden blocks in assorted shapes. He randomly picks a block from the bag, records its shape, and puts it back in the bag. He does this 15 times and records 6 squares, 3 trapezoids, 4 kites, and 2 rectangles. Based on the data ,what is the probability of choosing a sqaure block

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

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