SOLUTION: There are 20 children in a class, and 12 of the children are girls. Of the girls, 8 brought a lunchbox, and of the boys 6 did NOT bring a lunchbox. If a child from the class is cho

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Question 1151575: There are 20 children in a class, and 12 of the children are girls. Of the girls, 8 brought a lunchbox, and of the boys 6 did NOT bring a lunchbox. If a child from the class is chosen at random, what is the probability that the child brought a lunchbox?
A. 15
B. 310
C. 12
D. 34
E. I don't know.
Found 2 solutions by jim_thompson5910, ikleyn:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

It asks about probability, but none of the answer choices are fractions or decimals between 0 and 1. Your teacher made a typo with the answer choices, or they meant to ask a different question. I would double check.
Answer by ikleyn(52786)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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There are 12 girls and 20-12 = 8 boys in the class.


Of the girls, 8 brought a lunchbox.


Of the boys, 8-6 = 2 brought a lunchbox.


In all, 8+2 = 10 children brought a lunchbox.


The probability under the problem's question is, therefore,   = .    ANSWER


The option answers list in your post is   I R R E L E V A N T   to the problem.


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