Question

all the students at norwood high school take one foreign language, and the registration results so far have been recorded. german 108 french 360 latin 21 spanish 459 what is the experimental probability that the next student will register for german? write your answer as a fraction or whole number. p(german) =

Explanation:

Step1: Calculate total number of students

$108 + 360+21 + 459=948$

Step2: Calculate probability of registering for German

$P(\text{German})=\frac{\text{Number of German - registering students}}{\text{Total number of students}}=\frac{108}{948}=\frac{9}{79}$

Answer:

$\frac{9}{79}$