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)?

A.9/17
B.8/17
C.8/9
D.9/8

Answer 1

B. 8/17

Since there are 16 boys and 18 girls in the class, there are a total of 34 students. The probability of drawing a boy's name is 16/34, which simplifies to 8/17.