document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=621476>Question 621476</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 1. In a math class, there are 12 boys and 14 girls. Five of the boys and 8 of the girls wear glasses. A person is chosen at random to be stuffed into cannon and fired through a flaming loop into a pool or tigers and crocodiles. What is the probability that<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(a) The person wears glasses?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(b) The person is a boy or the person wears glasses?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(c) The person is a boy and the person wears glasses?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A.  There are 13 people who wear glasses.  13/26 = 1/2 = 50%<P><BR>\n" );
document.write( "B.  Boy or wears glasses is 12 boys, and 8 more (girls) who wear glasses for a total of 20.  20/26 = 10/13 = 76.9%<P><BR>\n" );
document.write( "C.  There are 5 people who are boys and wear glasses.  5/26 = 19.2%.<BR>\n" );
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