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There are 12 boys and 12 girls in Ms. Mooney’s homeroom class. Ms. Mooney will randomly pick 1 student to take attendance today.

Which statement explains how to find the probability that Sara, a student from Ms. Mooney’s homeroom class, will be the student picked?


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Answer:

There is a
(1)/(24) chance that Sara will be picked.

There is a 4.16% chance that Sara will be picked.

Explanation:

there are 12 boys + 12 girls in Mooney's class => 24 total students

Sara is ONE out of those students

Sara is
(1)/(24).


(1)/(24) as a percent is 4.16%.

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