SOLUTION: a football coach needs 12 players to ride a float in a parade. he randomly selects names from a helmet. the helmet contains the names of 4 freshmen, 13 sophmores, 14 juniors, and 8

Question 92307: a football coach needs 12 players to ride a float in a parade. he randomly selects names from a helmet. the helmet contains the names of 4 freshmen, 13 sophmores, 14 juniors, and 8 seniors. what is the probability the first two names chosen are juniors?
Answer by checkley71(8403) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
PROBABILITIES IN GENERAL ARE FRACTIONS WITH THE NUMERATOR THE SUCCESSES & THE DENOMINATOR THE TOTAL POSSIBILITIES. THUS:
14/39*13/38=182/1482=.122 or 12.2% chance of picking 2 juniors first.
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