Question 595596: There are 16 male names and 8 female names in a box. What is the probability of drawing a female name?
Answer by math-vortex(648)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! There are 16 male names and 8 female names in a box. What is the probability of drawing a female name?
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Hi, there--
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The probability of a particular event occurring can be written as a fraction. The numerator is the number of ways that the event can occur. The denominator is the total number of events that can possibly occur.
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In your problem, the event you are interested in is "drawing a female name." There are 8 ways to do that because there are 8 female names in the box.
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The possible events that can occur are "drawing a female name" or "drawing a male name." There are 24 ways to do that because there are 16+8=24 names in the box.
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So, the probability of drawing a female name is 8/24 or 1/3.
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I hope this helps. Feel free to email me if any part of this explanation is unclear.
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Ms.Figgy
math.in.the.vortex@gmail.com
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