SOLUTION: A respiratory class has 33 women and 18 men. If a student is chosen randomly to be the team leader, what is the probability the student is a woman?

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Question 479060: A respiratory class has 33 women and 18 men. If a student is chosen randomly to be the team leader, what is the probability the student is a woman?
Found 2 solutions by oberobic, stanbon:
Answer by oberobic(2304) About Me  (Show Source):
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There are 33 in the class.
Eighteen (18) are men, so 15 are women.
There are 15 ways you can pick a woman out of the 33 total possible ways you can pick 1 person.
P(woman) = 15/33

Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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A respiratory class has 33 women and 18 men. If a student is chosen randomly to be the team leader, what is the probability the student is a woman?
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Ans: 33/51
Cheers,
Stan H.