SOLUTION: In one bucket of apples from an orchard, eight out of thirty apples have worms in them. If 2,000 apples are picked, what is the expected number of apples that will have worms in th

Question 1082741: In one bucket of apples from an orchard, eight out of thirty apples have worms in them. If 2,000 apples are picked, what is the expected number of apples that will have worms in them?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
In one bucket of apples from an orchard, eight out of thirty apples have worms in them. If 2,000 apples are picked, what is the expected number of apples that will have worms in them?
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Ans:: (8/30)*2000 = 16000/30 = 533
Cheers,
Stan H.
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