w mosquito is flying around an empty room that measures 20 feet long by 16 feet wide by 9 feet high. AT ANY particular moment, what is probability that the mosquito will be no more than 3 feet from the floor?
2007-01-31 11:23:55 · 3 answers · asked by badboys_218@verizon.net 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Draw a room with the dimensions above. You will need to figure out the volume of the room, then the volume of the room that is less than 3 feet from the floor:
Volume of room=20x16x9
Volume of bottom 3 feet=20x16x3
Divide the volume of the bottom 3 feet by the total volume of the room:
20x16x3
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20x16x9
To save yourself extra math, the 20 feet and 16 feet cancel each other out, leaving 3/9 or 1/3, which is the probability that the mosquito will be no more than 3 feet from the floor. Expressed as a percent, it's 33.33%
2007-01-31 11:37:35 · answer #1 · answered by Capt. Obvious 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Okay, since it says "no more then 3 feet", its just 3/9, or 1/3 = 33.333...%.
2007-01-31 11:40:48 · answer #2 · answered by yljacktt 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
im pretty sure it is 33.3 repeating %
2007-01-31 11:33:58 · answer #3 · answered by tu_amor8 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋