You purchase boxes of cereal until you obtain one with the collector's toy you want. If, on average, you get the toy you want in every 49th cereal box, what is the probability of getting the toy you want in any given cereal box?
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Answer:The probability of getting the toy in any given cereal box is [tex]\frac{1}{49}[/tex].Step-by-step explanation:Given,On average, we get a toy in every 49th cereal box,That is, in every 49 boxes there is a toy,So, the total outcomes = 49,Favourable outcomes ( getting a toy ) = 1Since, we know that,[tex]\text{Probability}=\frac{\text{Favourable outcomes}}{\text{Total outcomes}}[/tex]Hence, the probability of getting the toy in any given cereal box = [tex]\frac{1}{49}[/tex]