there are 30 students in rakim's math class. the teacher randomly selects students one at a time to go to the board to complete a problem. the teacher selects each student once. rakim is not selected for of the 5 problems what is the probability that rakim is selected to go to the board next
Since Rakim has not been selected for any of the 5 problems, there are 25 students left in the class to be selected. Out of the 25 students, only one is Rakim. Therefore, the probability of Rakim being selected next is 1/25 or 0.04 or 4%.
