Question

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Anne is one of 24 students in her class. One student will be selected for the student senate. Assuming all students have an equal chance of being selected, what is the probability that she will be chosen?


1. Describe the sample space for this problem.


2. Which outcome (or outcomes) of the sample space composes the event?


3. Express the probability of Anne being chosen for the student senate as a fraction and as a decimal.


4. Describe the probability of Anne being chosen for the student senate as impossible, unlikely, neither likely nor unlikely, likely or certain. Justify your response.

Answer 1

Anne has a 1/24 or 0.041666667 chance of being chosen. This an unlikely probability because she has less than a 50% chance

Answer 2

1. the 24 students in Anne's class.
2. 1 of the 24 students is chosen at random.
3. 1/24 or 0.04166666666...
4. Unlikely, due to her small, but present, chances of 1/24.