SOLUTION: 5. There are 15 males and 10 females in a statistics class. If one student is chosen at random, what is the probability that the student is a female?

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Question 623524: 5. There are 15 males and 10 females in a statistics class. If one student is chosen at random, what is the probability that the student is a female?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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There are 15+10 = 25 students total and 10 females. So the probability is 10/25 = 2/5