A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)
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On the last day of a Shakespeare class, an English teacher asked her students which play they liked the best, and she recorded the results to date.
Hamlet | 2 |
Twelfth Night | 8 |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | 2 |
What is the experimental probability that the next student to respond likes Hamlet best?
Write your answer as a fraction or whole number.
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