Question

In a class, there are $18$ girls and $16$ boys. The class teacher wants to choose one pupil for class monitor. What she does, she writes the name of each pupil on a card and puts them into a basket and mixes thoroughly. A child is asked to pick one card from the basket. What is the probability that:

The name written on the card is the name of a boy.

• A. $\frac{8}{17}$
• B. $\frac{5}{6}$
• C. $\frac{15}{16}$
• D. None of these

Answer 1

The correct option is A $\frac{8}{17}$

Total number of students $=18+16=34$
Total number of girls $=18$
Total number of boys $=16$
P(Boy) $=\frac{16}{34}=\frac{8}{17}$