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You put the names of all the students in your class in a paper bag. There are 14 boys and 16 girls. If you draw a name at random, what is P(boy’s name)?
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You put the names of all the students in your class in a paper bag. There are 14 boys and 16 girls. If you draw a name at random, what is P(boy’s name)?

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7/15 is the answer to your question
User Adam Crossland
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You'd have to find the average! (:
So add 14 and 16 to get 30, so your answer would be x/30
Since there are 14 boys, that would be x. 14/30 Simplify that to get 7/15!
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