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There are 25 students names in a hat. You choose 5 names. Three are boys names
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document.write( "Here is how we think it out:\r\n" );
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document.write( "3 names OUT OF the 5 names are boy's names.\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"OUT OF\" means \"OVER\".  <--IMPORTANT!  REMEMBER IT!\r\n" );
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document.write( "3 OUT OF 5 means the fraction 3 OVER 5 or .\r\n" );
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document.write( "So we would expect ths of the 25 names to be boy's names.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ths of 25 is 15 students.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So we would expect 15 of the names to be boy's names.\r\n" );
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