Question

You put the names of all the students in your class in a paper bag. There are 16 boys and 18 girls. If you draw a name at random, what is P(boy’s name)?

Answer 1

Explanation:

The probability of drawing a boy's name is found in:

number of boys/total number of students

Our ratio then is

16/16+18 which is

16/34 which reduces to

8/17

As a percentage, it would be about 47%

Answer 2

Total students = 16 + 18 = 34

16 boys

Probability of picking boy = 16/34

Which reduces to 8/17