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Mrs. King has a stack of papers to grade that contains 12 boy's papers and 8 girl's papers. What is the probability that the first paper Mrs. King's grades will be a boy's paper? *
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Mrs. King has a stack of papers to grade that contains 12 boy's papers and 8 girl's papers. What is the probability that the first paper Mrs. King's grades will be a boy's paper? *

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Ok...let’s get started!
12 boys and 8 girls
That means that there are 20 kids!
12/20 is equal to 60%
There is a 60% chance that the first paper will be a boys
Please tell me if this is incorrect
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