SOLUTION: Ebony has 4 male kittens and 7 female kittens . She picks up 2 kittens to give to a friend . What a the probability that she will pick up 2 male kittens and how do I solve this? Th

Question 1032841: Ebony has 4 male kittens and 7 female kittens . She picks up 2 kittens to give to a friend . What a the probability that she will pick up 2 male kittens and how do I solve this? Thank you.
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Well, given she picks one up and then another...the odds of picking the first male are 4/11...after that there are only 3 males left out of 10...the answer is found by multiplying the two fractions...like this

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