Burger Queen Co -What Is the Probability That an Item Selected at Random

question 110

Short Answer

Burger Queen Co.
The Burger Queen Company has 124 locations along the west coast.The general manager is concerned with the profitability of the locations compared with major menu items sold.The information below shows the number of each menu item selected by profitability of store. $$\begin{array} { | c | c c c c c | c | } \hline \text { Profit } & \begin{array} { c } \text { Baby Burger } \\\text { MI }\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Mother Burger } \\\boldsymbol { M 2 }\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Father } \\\text { Burger } \boldsymbol { M 3 }\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Nachos } \\\text { M4 }\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Tacos } \\\boldsymbol { M S }\end{array} & \text { Total } \\\hline \text { High Profit } R I & 250 & 424 & 669 & 342 & 284 & 1969 \\\text { Medium Profit } R 2 & 312 & 369 & 428 & 271 & 200 & 1580 \\\text { Low Profit } R 3 & 289 & 242 & 216 & 221 & 238 & 1206 \\\hline \text { Total: } & 851 & 1035 & 1313 & 834 & 722 & 4755 \\\hline\end{array}$$
-What is the probability that an item selected at random is a Mother burger?

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