document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=34939>Question 34939</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me with my over 200 to do, and confused on some of them.  THIS ONE IS SO CONFSUING TO ME!  a hard one!!!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There are 15 books on the summer reading list. Three of them are plays, one is poetry, and the rest are novels.  what is the probability that you will choose 2 novels and a play in that order if you choose the books a t random? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "First of all, we know that there are 3 plays, 1 poetry and 11 novels (since there are 15 books).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now, what's the probability of picking a novel in the first place? Since 11 out of the 15 books are novels, this probability is 11/15.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Given that we took the novel, now we have 14 books left, 10 of which are novels. The probability of drawing a novel now is then 10/14.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Finally, after you took the second novel, you're left with 13 books, 3 of which are plays. Therefore, the probability of picking a play in the 3rd place is 3/13.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We conclude that the probability of picking a novel, a novel and a play (in that order) is simply the product of the 3 probabilities:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%2811%2F15%29%2810%2F14%29%283%2F13%29+=+0.1208 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%2811%2F15%29%2810%2F14%29%283%2F13%29+=+0.1208\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the probability you're looking for is 0.1208.\r<BR>\n" );
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