SOLUTION: The President of State College wants to conduct a survey of the students. He knows there are 325 Freshmen, 250 Sophomores, 175 Juniors, 100 Seniors, and 150 Graduate Students. What

Question 749515: The President of State College wants to conduct a survey of the students. He knows there are 325 Freshmen, 250 Sophomores, 175 Juniors, 100 Seniors, and 150 Graduate Students. What is the probability the very first person randomly selected for the survey will be a Freshman? Put your answer in the form of a proportion.
Answer by timvanswearingen(106) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Add up the total number of students:

Now, the probability that the first student selected will be a freshmen is the number of freshmen divided by the total number of students:

Now reduce the fraction:

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