Does anyone know how to answer this? The Probability that you draw a mechanical pencil from a group of 25 mechanical and wooden pencils is 3/5. How many are mechanical pencils?

There are 15 mechanical pencils

Step-by-step explanation:

Recall that the probability of drawn a mechanical pencil from a larger group is given by the quotient of the number of mechanical pencils divided the total number of pencils in the sample.

so that means:

being x the number of mechanical pencils and 25 the total of all pencils in the sample. Since they give as P as 3/5, we can solve for the number of mechanical pencils (x) using the equation:

So there are 15 mechanical pencils in the sample.

The equation that Howard can use to determine x  is

The height of the statue of liberty is

Step-by-step explanation:

Let

x-----> the height in meters of the statue of liberty

we know that

Using proportion

-----> equation that Howard can use to determine x