SOLUTION: A car park has 14 Volkswagen cars and 18 BMW's.There are no other cars. During the afternoon two cars are stolen - one early afternoon,the other later. Determine the probabil

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Question 1143532: A car park has 14 Volkswagen cars and 18 BMW's.There are no other cars.
During the afternoon two cars are stolen - one early afternoon,the other later.

Determine the probability that:

4.1.1 Both cars were BMW's.

4.1.2 The first one stolen was a BMW and the second one a Volkswagen.
Please help me.
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, math_helper:
Answer by ikleyn(52794) About Me  (Show Source):
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4.1.1. 

Assuming . . . bla - bla - bla . . . 


    18%2F%2814%2B18%29.17%2F%2814%2B18-1%29 = %2818%2F32%29%2A%2817%2F31%29.    ANSWER



4.1.2. 

Assuming . . . bla - bla - bla . . . 


    18%2F%2814%2B18%29.14%2F%2814%2B18-1%29 = %2818%2F32%29%2A%2814%2F31%29.    ANSWER


The formulas are self-explanatory . . .



Answer by math_helper(2461) About Me  (Show Source):
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4.1.1  The probability that both are BMW's is  

  +%2818%2F%2814%2B18%29%29%2817%2F%2814%2B17%29%29+=+%2818%2F32%29%2817%2F31%29++ = _________ 





4.1.2  The probability that the first stolen was a BMW and 2nd a Volkswagen is

   +%2818%2F32%29%2814%2F31%29+ = ___________





The above solutions assume the cars are randomly chosen.