This is a probability question. Let's take note first of the important parts that we will be needing to write the probability for the problem.
Mr. Griese only chooses the sophomore class. The sophomore class has 17 males and 17 females, which means that he has a total of 34 students in the sophomore class.
To compute for the probability, we have:
For this problem, the total sample space is the total number of students of Mr. Griese in the sophomore class, which is 34 students. The number of objects is the number of female students that he has since we are looking for the probability that a female will be picked up to collect yesterday's work. He has 17 females in his class. We now substitute these numbers on the probability equation, having:
Therefore, the probability of choosing a female to collect yesterday's work in sophomore class will be P = 1/2 or 0.50.
Answer: P = 1/2 or 0.50