there are 11 girls and 13 boys in a math class. if a student is selected at random, what is the probability that a boy will be selected?

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If there are 11 girls and 13 boys, there are 11+13 = 24 children in the class.

since 13 of them are boys, the chance of selecting a boy is $$P(Boy) = \frac{13}{24} = 0.5417 = 54.17\%$$

reinout-g May 27, 2014

reinout-g · Answer 1 · 2014-05-27T03:01:55

If there are 11 girls and 13 boys, there are 11+13 = 24 children in the class.

since 13 of them are boys, the chance of selecting a boy is $$P(Boy) = \frac{13}{24} = 0.5417 = 54.17\%$$