SOLUTION: there's 10 girls and 6 boys in a class. the teacher draws one students name and then anothe. what is the probability that the first name will be a boy and the second will be a gir

Question 498517: there's 10 girls and 6 boys in a class. the teacher draws one students name and then anothe. what is the probability that the first name will be a boy and the second will be a girl?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
there's 10 girls and 6 boys in a class. the teacher draws one students name and then another. what is the probability that the first name will be a boy and the second will be a girl?
Ans: (6/16)(10/15) = 1/4
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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