Mathematics
In a class of 40 students, there are 16 boys and the rest are girls. From these students, one is selected at random. What is the probability that the selected student is a girl?
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Given,
Total number of students = 40
Number of boys = 16
Let G be the event of selecting a girl,
∴ The number of favourable outcomes to the event G = 24
∴ P(G) =
Hence, the probability of selecting a girl is .
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