document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=419631>Question 419631</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If four times as many students pass a statistics course as those who fail and one statistics student is selected at random, what is the probability that the student will pass statistics? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "let number of failed students = x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "number of passed students = 4x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "total students = x + 4x = 5x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "probability that a student will pass = 4x/5x = 4/5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "answer :  4/5\r<BR>\n" );
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