Question

You put the names of all the students in your class in a paper bag. There are 16 boys and 18 girls. If you draw a name at random, what is P(boy’s name)?
a.9/8
b.8/9
c.9/17
d.8/17

Answer 1

B is correct...
16/18 = 8/9

Answer 2

It would be a. 8/9 because for every 8/9 boy, there is 1 girl. To check this work, you can do 8/9 x 18 which equals 16.