SOLUTION: From a committee of 3 girls and 6 boys, Twp are chosen at random to lead the committee. What is the probability that both people chosen will be boys?

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Question 1026499: From a committee of 3 girls and 6 boys, Twp are chosen at random to lead the committee. What is the probability that both people chosen will be boys?
Found 2 solutions by addingup, FrankM:
Answer by addingup(3677) (Show Source):
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So we have a total of 3+6 = 9 probabilities. We pick one, it's a boy. The chance of that is 6/9 (six in nine). Take out a boy and we have 5 boys left and a total of 3+5 = 8 girls & boys.
So, now we have a chance of 5/8 of picking out a boy.
6/9*5/8 = 30/72 divide and you get 0.4167, now divide by 100 to get the percentage and you get 41.67% is your chance of picking two boys.
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Note: percentage means per cent, from per centum meaning for every one hundred
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Happy learning,
J

Answer by FrankM(1040) (Show Source):
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6/9 * 5/8 = 30/72 or 5/12