document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1009543>Question 1009543</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me with this problem:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Only tenth-, eleventh-, and twelfth-grade students attend Washington High School. The ratio of tenth graders to the school’s total student population is 86:255, and the ratio of eleventh graders to the school’s total student population is 18:51. If 1 student is chosen at random from the entire school, which grade is that student most likely to be in?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A. Tenth<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B. Eleventh<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C. Twelfth<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D. All grades are equally likely.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "E. Cannot be determined from the given information\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "tenth grade=(86/255)(100%)=33.7%<BR>\n" );
document.write( "eleventh grade=(18/51)(100%)=35.3%<BR>\n" );
document.write( "twelfth grade=100%-(33.7%+35.3%)=100%-69%=31%<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWER: One student chosen at random is most <BR>\n" );
document.write( "likely in the eleventh grade, because eleventh <BR>\n" );
document.write( "grade is the highest percent of the student body.<BR>\n" );
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