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Question 1105523: A student is picked at random from a class containing 17 boys and 13 girls. What is the probability that the student is a girl?
Please, help me solve the above question with the guidelines. Thanks In Advance.

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Answer by rothauserc(4718) About Me  (Show Source):
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there are 17 + 13 = 30 students in the class
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Probability that a student picked is a girl = 13/30 = 0.43333 approximately 0.43
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