SOLUTION: a forest contains about 500 trees. You randomly pick 67 trees and find that 27 of them are oaks. What is the experimental probability that a tree in the forest is an oak?

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Question 115177This question is from textbook Algebra 1
: a forest contains about 500 trees. You randomly pick 67 trees and find that 27 of them are oaks. What is the experimental probability that a tree in the forest is an oak?This question is from textbook Algebra 1

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27/67=.40 OR 40% OF THE SAMPLE ARE OAKS.
THEREFORE 40% OF THE 500 ARE PROBABLY OAKS.
.4*500=200 IN THIS FOREST 200 ARE PROBABLY OAKS.