Question

12. You put the names of all the students in your class in a paper bag. There are 16 boys and 18 girls. If you draw a name at random, what is P(boy's

name)?
8/17
9/17
9/8 or 8/9

Answer 1

16/34=8/17 simple math

Answer 2

8/17

Explanation:

This is called theoretical probability, and it is sort of like a hypothesis or a predeiction. To solve, you had to write this equation: P= probability

P(boy's name) = Amount of boys: 16

Total amount of people:34

16/34 = 8/17