There are

18 girls and

22 boys in a class, one

of them has a letter. The probability that

the

owner

of the letter is a boy is

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Mathematics

Iyana Short

14 September, 14:32

There are

18 girls and

22 boys in a class, one

of them has a letter. The probability that

the

owner

of the letter is a boy is

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Omari Jacobs · Answer 1

First take the total of students (18 + 22) = 40. To calculate the percentage take the total of boys and divide it by the total of 40, and multiply by 100%. That gives 22 : 40 x 100% = 55. So the probability that a boy has the letter is 55%.

There are18 girls and22 boys in a class, oneof them has a letter. The probability thattheownerof the letter is a boy is

There are

18 girls and

22 boys in a class, one

of them has a letter. The probability that

the

owner

of the letter is a boy is