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

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In total, there are 14 boy and 16 Girls. So there are 14 + 16 = 30 students.

Moreover we draw a name of a boy randomly.

Therefore your prob P would be :


(14)/(14+16) = (14)/(30) = (7*2)/(15*2)= (7)/(15)

So, your answer would be :

P= (7)/(15).

Hope this helps !

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User Igor Dvorkin
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14:30 or 7:15
Hope this helps! :)
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