In a High School Graduating Class of 128 Students, 52 $\frac { 49 } { 64 }$

question 404

Multiple Choice

In a high school graduating class of 128 students, 52 are on the honor roll.Of these, 45 are going on to college; of the other 76 students, 53 are going on to college.A student is selected at random from the class.What is the probability that the person chosen is going to college. ?

• A) \(\frac { 49 } { 64 }\)
• B) \(\frac { 64 } { 49 }\)
• C) \(\frac { 53 } { 128 }\)
• D) \(\frac { 128 } { 53 }\)
• E) \(\frac { 45 } { 128 }\)

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