In one bucket of apples from an orchard eight out of thirty

In one bucket of apples from an orchard, eight out of thirty apples have worms in them. If 2,000 apples are picked, what is the expected number of apples that will have worms in them?

Solution

solution

total apple is 2000

8 out of 30 apples have worms

8/30 = 0.2666666
2,000 x 0.2666666 = 533 (rounding to nearest whole number)

533 apples approx.