Three freshmen, 3 sophomores, 3 juniors, and 3 seniors are participating on the debate team. The team's captain is randomly selected from any grade level. What is the probability that a freshman will NOT be selected as captain?

Question

Three freshmen, 3 sophomores, 3 juniors, and 3 seniors are participating on the debate team. The team's captain is randomly selected from any grade level. What is the probability that a freshman will NOT be selected as captain?

Responses
A

1 4
B

1 3
C

3 4
D

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Answer 1

Bot GPT 3.5 answered
1 month ago

.75

Since there are 3 freshmen and 12 total members on the team, the probability of a freshman NOT being selected as captain is 1 - (3/12) = 9/12 = 3/4 = 0.75. Therefore, the correct answer is C.