You randomly sample 5 people in your school, and none of them is a vegetarian. Does this mean that the probability of being a vegetarian for students at your school equals 0? Explain. Choose the correct answer below. A. Yes. Since no vegetarians were found during the survey, the probability is 0. If at a later point students who are vegetarian are found, this will increase the probability. B. No. In the short run, the proportion of a given outcome can fluctuate a lot. As more people are sampled, the proportion should approach the real probability. C. No. Probability is subjective, so if you (the surveyor) decide the probability should be greater than 0, then you can make it that way.

B.

Step-by-step explanation:

The sample size taken for the school is too small.

5 people not being vegetarian does not mean NO OTHER students are vegetarian also. Thus, an assumption based on this probability of 5 people would not be correct unless fully supported. This makes option A wrong.

Answer B is correct because with small numbers, probability varies a lot and may change drastically with the addition of data.

For example: the 6th person we sample says he/she is a vegetarian.

This would change the probability drastically to 1/6 = 0.1667

Because this is a drastic change, and fluctuation is clear, answer B is correct.

C is wrong because probability is not subjective.

$9.89

step-by-step explanation:

9.90 = p x .06 x .25 (3/12 changed to a decimal)

9.90 = p x 0.015

9.90 - 0.015 = p

9.89 = p