In a seventh-grade class of 28 students, there are 16 girls and 12 boys. If one student is randomly chosen to win a prize, what is the probability that a girl is chosen?

Give your answer as a fraction.

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Answer:

[tex]\frac{4}{7}[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

There are a total of 28 students, and there are 16 girls.

So the probability that a chosen student would be a girl is [tex]\frac{16}{28}[/tex] which can be simplified to [tex]\frac{4}{7}[/tex]