Question

A class has 21 girls and 12 boys. What is the probability that a boy's name is drawn at random?

Answer 1

12/33

Explanation:

The whole class is 21 + 12 people which is 33. The boys are 12 people out of 33 people. So, the fraction is 12/33.

Answer 2

Well there are 33 total people in the class, so the chance of drawing a boy's name is

`(12)/(33)`