document.write( "Question 552976: A store has six different fitness magazines and three different news magazines. If a customer buys three magazines at random, find the probability that the customer will select 2 fitness magazines and 1 news magazine. Please I need help with this question thank you. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #360669 by stanbon(75887)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! A store has six different fitness magazines and three different news magazines. If a customer buys three magazines at random, find the probability that the customer will select 2 fitness magazines and 1 news magazine. Please I need help with this question thank you. \n" ); document.write( "-------------------- \n" ); document.write( "# of ways to pick 2 fitness mags: 6C2 = 15 \n" ); document.write( "# of ways to pick 1 news mag: 3C1 = 3 \n" ); document.write( "---- \n" ); document.write( "Total # of ways to pick 2 fit and 1 news = 15*3 = 45 \n" ); document.write( "---- \n" ); document.write( "# of ways to randomly pick 3 mags: 9C3 = 84 \n" ); document.write( "----- \n" ); document.write( "P(2 fit and 1 news) = 45/84 = 0.5357 \n" ); document.write( "======================================== \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( "============ \n" ); document.write( " |