Miss Baker students write word problems each week and she select one student's word problem to display on a bulletin board each week each student name is placed in a bag from which Miss Baker draws a name what is the probability that in eighth grade student will not be selected explain your process and give your answer as a percentage a simplify in a fraction
To find the probability that a student will not be selected in eighth grade, we need to determine how many students are in the class and how many total students' names are in the bag.
Let's say there are 30 students in Miss Baker's class. This means there are 30 students' names in the bag.
The probability of a student not being selected can be calculated as follows:
Probability = (Number of students not selected) / (Total number of students)
Since only one student is selected each week to display their word problem, the number of students not selected each week is 29 (30 students total - 1 student selected).
Therefore, the probability of a student not being selected is:
Probability = 29 / 30 = 0.9667
To convert this probability into a percentage, we can multiply by 100:
0.9667 * 100 = 96.67%
So, the probability that a student will not be selected in eighth grade is 96.67%, or as a fraction, 29/30.