Question

Eighteen women, 21 men, and 39 teenagers are standing in line to buy tickets for a movie.

If one person standing in line is randomly selected to win a gift card, what is the probability that the person who wins the gift card is a teenager?

Answer 1

Of the total number of people in line, how many are teenagers?

Answer 2

i guess we are assuming that the teenagers are neither men nor women

Answer 3

Good call. I made that assumption

Answer 4

39

Answer 5

How many people total are in line?

Answer 6

78

Answer 7

So 39 out of 78 people in line are teenagers. That means half the line is made of teenagers

Answer 8

yea

Answer 9

Your answer is right there

Answer 10

thanx

Answer 11

Yep