SOLUTION: The 24 students in your class are dividing into 4 equal groups. Your teacher put an equal number of papers containing the nuumbers 1 through 4 in a bag. If you are the first to s

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Question 429544: The 24 students in your class are dividing into 4 equal groups. Your teacher put an equal number of papers containing the nuumbers 1 through 4 in a bag. If you are the first to select a paper, what is the probability that you will be in group 3?
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The 24 students in your class are dividing into 4 equal groups. Your teacher put an equal number of papers containing the nuumbers 1 through 24 in a bag. If you are the first to select a paper, what is the probability that you will be in group 3?
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There are 4 equal bags.
P(you are in bag 3) = 1/4
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Cheers,
Stan H.

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