Question

A hat contains the names of seven boys and three girls. If one name is drawn from the hat at random, P(Boy) =

Answer 1

7/10 (7 over 10) or 0.7

There are 7 boys and 3 girls, combined they equal to 10. So, the probability of picking a boy is very likely to be chosen because the probability is over 50% (70%).

Answer 2

P(Boy)

= Number of boys/Total number of people

= 7 / (7+3)

=7/10

=0.7