Question

Suppose there are 8 boys and 7 girls in a classroom. If one student is chosen at random to run a errand. What is the probability that the student will be a girl?

Answer 1

47%

Explanation:

There are 15 total students, so find the percentage of girls out of the total students: 7/15= .466, which is about 47%. To double check, you can do the boys and make sure it adds to 100%. 8/15= .533, which is about 53%. 47+53=100. So girls are 47% and boys are 53%