SOLUTION: Dave puts a collection of 15 books on a bookshelf in a random order. Among the books are 2 fiction and 13 nonfiction books. Whart is the probability that the 2 fiction books will b
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Question 62833: Dave puts a collection of 15 books on a bookshelf in a random order. Among the books are 2 fiction and 13 nonfiction books. Whart is the probability that the 2 fiction books will be all together on the left side of the shelf and the 13 nonfiction all together on the right side of the shelf?
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The probability of the first book being a fiction is 2/15. (2 of the 15 are fiction)The probability of the second book being fiction is 1/14 (only 1 of the remaining 14 is fiction).
The probability of both events occuring is 2/15 * 1/14 = 2/210.
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