SOLUTION: Consider a political discussion group consisting of 5 Democrats, 6 Republicans, and 4 Independents. Suppose that two group members are randomly selected, in succession, to attend a

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Question 1146700: Consider a political discussion group consisting of 5 Democrats, 6 Republicans, and 4 Independents. Suppose that two group members are randomly selected, in succession, to attend a political convention. What is the probability of selecting no Republicans?
[round to the nearest thousandth]
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Consider a political discussion group consisting of 5 Democrats, 6 Republicans, and 4 Independents.
Suppose that two group members are randomly selected, in succession, to attend a political convention.
What is the probability of selecting no Republicans?
[round to the nearest thousandth]
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In all, there are 5 + 6 + 4 = 15 members in the political discussion group.


The probability that the first chosen person is non a Republican is  =  = .


The probability that the second chosen person is not a Republican is  =  = .


Then the probability under the question is  the product   = .    ANSWER


Calculate and round as required.



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