SOLUTION: There are 8 action, 3 romantic comedies, and 5 children's DVDs on a shelf. Suppose two DVDs are selected at random from the shelf. Find each probability that 2 action DVD's are

Question 1201445: There are 8 action, 3 romantic comedies, and 5 children's DVDs on a shelf. Suppose two DVDs are selected at random from the shelf. Find each
probability that 2 action DVD's are selected, if replacement occurs

Answer by ikleyn(52779) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Total DVDs = 8 + 3 + 5 = 16.


The probability that one randomly selected DVD is an "action" DVD is   = .


With replacement, the probability that two randomly selected DVDs are  "action" DVDs is  


     =  =  = 0.25 = 25%.   ANSWER

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