In Mrs. Henaway's class, there are 8 students with brown eyes, 5 students with green eyes, 9 students with hazel eyes, and 3 students with blue eyes. If a student is chosen at random, what is the probability that the student does not have blue eyes?

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Clare

Mathematics

24 November, 13:09

In Mrs. Henaway's class, there are 8 students with brown eyes, 5 students with green eyes, 9 students with hazel eyes, and 3 students with blue eyes. If a student is chosen at random, what is the probability that the student does not have blue eyes?

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Roberto Garrison · Answer 1

22/25 because if you add al the students their is 25 and we are trying to not get the blue eyed kids so we subtract 25 - 3 which give us 22

Van Mcconnell · Answer 2

88%

Step-by-step explanation:

There are 25 students in her class. 3 of them have blue eyes. The ratio is 3:25, which can be written as 3/25.

1) Make the denominator 100.

Multiply the numerator and denominator by 4 to get 12/100.

2) Rewrite as a percentage.

12/100 = 12%.

There is a 12% probability that a student chosen at random will have blue eyes.

To find out the probability that the student will NOT have blue eyes, subtract 12 from 100 to get 88.

Final answer: 88%