a math class has 12 female students. Out of a total of 20 students in class what is the probability of randomly selecting a male student from the class
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There are 20 students in total.12 of them are female, meaning 8 of them are male.8/20 students are male.Simplify this: 2/5Because both 8 and 20 are divisible by 4.2/5 is 40%There is a 40% of randomly selecting a male student.