Question

. In a class of 40 students, 8 are in the drama club and 12 are in the art club. If a student is selected at random, what is the probability that the selected student is:

a) in the drama club?
b) in the art club?
explain

Answer 1

B. This is because there are more people in art club.

Answer 2

The probability that the selected student is:

• a) in the theater club it is 0.2
• b) in the art club it is 0.3

Explanation:

To identify the probability in each case, you must divide the number of students in the respective club by the students in total (40), in this way you would have in each case:

1. Drama club = 8/40 = 0.2 (you could leave this value or represent it in terms of percentage, which would be 20%).
2. Art club = 12/40 = 0.3 (which in percentage terms would be 30%)

The logic of such values can be identified since the more students from a club there are in a room, the higher the percentage of choosing them in a random selection.