Question

A survey of 240 10th grade students in a local high school found that there were 140 girls and 100 boys in the grade. Of the 140 girls , 100 preferred gym class while 60 preferred art class. Constrict a data table for this data and answer this question: If you pick someone who prefers art, what is the probability that they are a girl?

Answer 1

A. 3/5 B. 1/4 C. 1/6 D. 2/5

Answer 2

... "Of the 140 girls, 100 preferred gym and 60 preferred art..." 160 not equal to 140

Answer 3

Dan is right, that is not possible.

Answer 4

How can this question be answered.. It's missing information...

Answer 5

we need a way to know how many people are taking art in total

Answer 6

ive gave you all of the info that i was given

Answer 7

Which is not gien to us

Answer 8

Are you sure that it is not 40 girls? 60 is impossible.

Answer 9

its 40 im sorry lol

Answer 10

Ok. One sec.

Answer 11

Can you paste the question as it is, i feel like something else is missing for sure

Answer 12

its not and no i cant paste it i onyl got the 60 wrong

Answer 13

okay just pick D) and call it a day

Answer 14

draw a table with 4 boxes

boys girls
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| 60 | 40 | art
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| 40 | 100 | gym
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take how many boys chose art, 60, and the total number of students who were surveyed, 240, and divide the two

60/240 ...... to get

Answer 15

ill just repost it and tag yall i could have missed something

Answer 16

Alright... I did that the best I could lol

Answer 17

I solved for boys oops

Answer 18

So its 40/240

Answer 19

of the 100 boys, 40 preferred gym class while 60 preferred art class

Answer 20

cant be solved we need to know how many boys are taking art if any

Answer 21

of the 100 boys, 40 preferred gym class while 60 preferred art class

Answer 22

sigh

Answer 23

60 boys in art.

Answer 24

Now there we go.. now you have enough info

Answer 25

Now put it all together.

Answer 26

40+60=100
40/100 = 2/5

Answer 27

sorry about that guys i really am sorry. lot on my mind.

Answer 28

suprisingly the answer was D)

Answer 29

Youre fine
\and yeah hes right

Answer 30

im not gonna give either of you metals because I cant give you both metals

Answer 31

lol I said pick D) anyway.. up there something inside me told me that they wanted to make the question to make the answer D)

Answer 32

Dan gives me a medal You give dan one

Answer 33

That could work.

Answer 34

ohk that works

Answer 35

This reminds me of the story where a woman's baby was stolen by another woman.

Answer 36

oh yea ik that story and they said they would cut the baby in half but they didnt because the real mother wouldnt let that happen

Answer 37

dan, medal me

Answer 38

lol

Answer 39

There we go

Answer 40

Well after that cluster of a problem... hahah

Answer 41

ha ha dont worry i have more that yall can solve and get more metals i have 4 more problems like this

Answer 42

@DW101796

Answer 43

umm are you learning anything though?

Answer 44

The point is to understand how you can begin to solve this stuff on your own.

Answer 45

yes i really am this isnt the only time i will have to do this

Answer 46

Summer school classes?

Answer 47

yes. @DW101796

Answer 48

But i had this same thing come up and it asked If you pick someone who prefers gym, what is the probability that they are a girl? but 100+40 is 140 and that divided by 140 is 1 which isnt an option @DW101796

Answer 49

the answers are A. 5/7 B. 2/5 C. 3/5 D. 2/7

Answer 50

Its B