SOLUTION: Show work. A flashlight has 8 batteries, 3 of which are defective. If two different batteries are selected at random, what is the probability that both of them will be good?

SOLUTION: Show work. A flashlight has 8 batteries, 3 of which are defective. If two different batteries are selected at random, what is the probability that both of them will be good?

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Question 1141082: Show work.
A flashlight has 8 batteries, 3 of which are defective. If two different batteries are selected at random, what is the probability that both of them will be good?
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This would be (5/8)*(4/7), with one good one and one of the total decreasing in the numerator and denominator respectively.
That product is 20/56 or 5/14 (0.36) probability.
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