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

Question 92111: a football coach needs 12 players to ride on 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 seniors?
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a football coach needs 12 players to ride on 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 seniors?
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Number of ways to pick the 2 seniors: 8C2 = [8*7]/[1*2] = 28
Number of ways to pick any two from the group = 39C2 = 39*38/1*2 = 741
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Probability(1st two are seniors) = 28/741 = 0.037786...
Cheers,
Stan H.
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