8 One student is randomly selected from a school that has 837 boys. The probability that a girl is selected is $\frac{4}{7}$. Find the probability that a particular boy is selected.
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The total number of students in the school is the sum of the number of boys and the number of girls. Since we are given that there are 837 boys, we need to find the number of girls. However, we are not given this information, so we cannot determine the total Show more…
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