You put the names of all the students in your class in a paper bag. There are 16 boys and 18 girls. If you draw a name at random, what is P (boy’s name)?

Question

You put the names of all the students in your class in a paper bag. There are 16 boys and 18 girls. If you draw a name at random, what is P (boy’s name)?

Answer 1

There are a total of 34 students in the class (16 boys + 18 girls).

The probability of drawing a boy's name is equal to the number of boys divided by the total number of students:

P(boy's name) = 16/34 ≈ 0.47

Therefore, the probability of drawing a boy's name is approximately 0.47.