SOLUTION: a classroom has 10 boys and 5 girls; three students are selected from the class at random one after another. the probability that the first two are boys and the third is a girl

Question 894999: a classroom has 10 boys and 5 girls; three students are selected from the class at random one after another. the probability that the first two are boys and the third is a girl

Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a classroom has 10 boys and 5 girls; three students are selected from the class at random one after another. the probability that the first two are boys and the third is a girl
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P(bbg) = (1/15)(1/14)(5/13) = 5/2730
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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