SOLUTION: One out of eleven people are left-handed. Determine the probability that a class containing 35 students does not have any left-handed students in it. p= 11/35?? but that seems

Question 420944: One out of eleven people are left-handed. Determine the probability that a class containing 35 students does not have any left-handed students in it.
p= 11/35?? but that seems to easy, what am i missing??????
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Definitely get a 2nd opinion, but my reasoning is thus:
Each of the 35 students has a
probability of not being left handed. I want all of them
to be not left handed, so I multiply this P 35 times.

This is P = 35.58/1000

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