In a certain class of students, there are 12 boys from wilmette, 5 girls from kenilworth, 7 girls from wilmette, 4 boys from Glencoe, 2 boys from kenilworth and 9 girls from Glencoe. If the teacher calls upon a student to answer a question, what is the probability that the student will be from kenilworth?

7/39 = 17.94%

Step-by-step explanation:

Town Students Relative Frequency

Wilmette 12 boys + 7 girls = 19 19/39 = 48.72%

Glencoe 9 girls + 4 boys = 13 13/39 = 33.33%

Kenilworth 2 boys + 5 girls = 7 7/39 = 17.94%

Total 39 students 39/39 = 100%

Another approach to solve probability is the Relative Frequency. A frequency is the number of times an event occurs. To solve for the relative frequency, it's the ratio of the frequency of an event to the total outcomes. From the question, it is clear that for each town, it was subdivided into boys and girls but the word students represent the combined number of boys and girls for a particular town. so finding the probability that a student called at random to answer a question is from kenilworth is simply the ratio of students from kenilworth over the total number of students in the class.

The probability is 5/39