Question

Teresa has a copy of her school directory on her desk. Students whose last names start with the letters A-F occupy the first 5 pages of the book. Those students with last names G-M occupy the next 7 pages, those with last names N-R the following 10 pages, and those with last names S-Z the final 10 pages. If she opens up the directory and picks out a student at random, what is the probability that this student’s last name begins with a letter from the first half of the alphabet?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

I think its 7/32

Answer 3

it's 12/32

Answer 4

because the first half of the alphabet ends at the letter "N"

Answer 5

is their a smaller fraction to put that

Answer 6

I am not good at these...but lets see what I can do.

There are a total of (5 + 7 + 10 + 10) = 32 pages
Half of the alphabet end at letter M.
So we have 5 pages + 7 pages.....till halfway through the alphabet.

Leaving us with : 12/32 = 3/8

Answer 7

okay thanks guys

Answer 8

anytime :)