SOLUTION: There are 24 students in a classroom. One student will be randomly selected. If there are 9 boys and 15 girls in the class, what is the probability that the person picked will be a

SOLUTION: There are 24 students in a classroom. One student will be randomly selected. If there are 9 boys and 15 girls in the class, what is the probability that the person picked will be a

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Question 962537: There are 24 students in a classroom. One student will be randomly selected. If there are 9 boys and 15 girls in the class, what is the probability that the person picked will be a boy?
Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The chance of picking a boy are 3/8.
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