In a math class , there are 3 girls and 5 boys . The teacher asks a volunteer to come to the board what is the probability that the student is a girl

Question

this is a question related to probabaility in maths please solve and also tell me the method .

Answer 1

probability is a number between 0 and 1 inclusive which indicates the likelihood that an event will occur

P=(the number of ways that the event can occur)/(the total number of equally likely outcomes)

there are 3 girls and a total of 8 students

P=3/8