document.write( "Question 1143695: Amanda and Dirk are renting in‐line skates for a day in the park. They both take the same size shoe, and there are 5 pairs remaining in their size. Unbeknownst to them, 3 of the pairs of skates have defective bearings. If they randomly choose 2 pairs, what is the probability they will both get a pair of skates that are not defective?
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document.write( "The probability that Amanda will randomly select a good pair is  .\r\n" );
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document.write( "The probability that Dirk will randomly select a good pair (making selection after Amanda) is  .\r\n" );
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document.write( "The probability that they BOTH will randomly select good pairs is the product\r\n" );
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