SOLUTION: Mr. Larsen's third grade class has 22 students, 12 girls and 10 boys. Two students must be selected at random to be in the fall play. What is the probability that no boys will be

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Question 478907: Mr. Larsen's third grade class has 22 students, 12 girls and 10 boys. Two students must be selected
at random to be in the fall play. What is the probability that no boys will be chosen? Order is not
important.

Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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Mr. Larsen's third grade class has 22 students, 12 girls and 10 boys. Two students must be selected
at random to be in the fall play. What is the probability that no boys will be chosen?
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ans: 12C2/22C2 = 0.2857
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Stan H.