The answer is no, the side lengths are not persevered. <span />
There are 9 long distance male runners and 5 long distance female runners. This makes a total of 9+5 = 14 long distance runners.
Out of this total of 14 long distance runners, there are 9 males. So the probability as a fraction is 9/14
If you need the answer in decimal form, then use a calculator to get 9/14 = 0.642857 which is approximate.
-33/12. Lets forget the negative symbol.
12 goes into 33, 2 times with 9 remaining.
So now get the negative sign back.
It will be -2 9/12 but you can reduce that to -2 3/4.
Hope this helps :)
