All thirty students in Maria's class speak English. Six of these speak Mandarin, another two Japanese and another four Russian.What is the probability that a student selected at random speaks two languages?
Question
All thirty students in Maria's class speak English. Six of these speak Mandarin, another two Japanese and another four Russian.What is the probability that a student selected at random speaks two languages?
Solution
To solve this problem, we first need to identify the total number of students and the number of students who speak two languages.
From the problem, we know that there are 30 students in total.
We also know that 6 students speak Mandarin, 2 students speak Japanese, and 4 students speak Russian. Since all students speak English, these students are bilingual.
So, the total number of students who speak two languages is 6 (Mandarin and English) + 2 (Japanese and English) + 4 (Russian and English) = 12 students.
The probability of an event is calculated by dividing the number of favorable outcomes by the total number of outcomes.
In this case, the favorable outcome is selecting a student who speaks two languages, and the total number of outcomes is the total number of students.
So, the probability that a student selected at random speaks two languages is 12 (students who speak two languages) divided by 30 (total students).
Therefore, the probability is 12/30 = 0.4 or 40%.
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