A class is made up of 4 boys and 10 girls. Half of the girls wear glasses. A student is selected at random from the class. What is the probability that the student is a girl with glasses?Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.
Q. A class is made up of 4 boys and 10 girls. Half of the girls wear glasses. A student is selected at random from the class. What is the probability that the student is a girl with glasses?Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.
Calculate total number of students: Calculate the total number of students in the class. There are 4 boys and 10 girls, so the total number of students is 4+10=14.
Determine girls with glasses: Determine the number of girls who wear glasses. Half of the 10 girls wear glasses, so 10/2=5 girls wear glasses.
Calculate probability for girl with glasses: Calculate the probability that a randomly selected student is a girl with glasses. The probability is the number of girls with glasses divided by the total number of students, so P(girl with glasses)=145.