Question

A science class has 9 girls and l boy in the seventh grade and 3 girls and 9 boys in the eighth grade. The teacher randomly selects a seventh grader and an

elghth grader from the class for a competition. What is the probability that the students she selects are both boys?
Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.
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Answer 1

boys = 9 ( eighth grade ) + 1 ( seventh grade) = 10 boys

girls = 3 (eight grade) + 9 ( seventh grade) = 12

probability = 22÷ 2

= 1/11