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Mrs. King has a stack of papers to grade that contains 12 boy’s papers and 8 girl’s papers. What is the probability that the first paper Mrs. King’s grades will be a boy’s paper? *

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User Gray
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5 votes

Answer:

3/5 is the answer.

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User Mykola Denysyuk
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Answer:3/5

Explanation:

20 papers in total

12 boy papers

12/20

simplified to 3/5

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User Axarydax
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