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2. Twelve students have an

equally likely chance of being
selected in a drawing at
school. Eight are girls and
four are boys. What is the
probability that a boy will be
selected?

User Slack Flag
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Explanation:

there might just be a probability because

4 guys might be selected it says equally 12÷4=3 at least 3 guys will be selected

User ArcX
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There are 4 boys out of the 12, so the fraction would be 4/12. This simplifies to 1/3. So there is a 1/3 possibility that a boy will be selected.
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