SOLUTION: You are setting up a tutoring scheme and have 23 volunteer tutors, 8 of whom are men. There are 17 male students and 15 female students who have applied to receive tutoring. You

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Question 1136908: You are setting up a tutoring scheme and have 23 volunteer tutors, 8 of whom are men. There are 17 male students and 15 female students who have applied to receive tutoring.
You decide to draw the names of the tutor and the student at random. What is the probability that the first pair consists of a male tutor and a male student?

Answer by greenestamps(13203) About Me  (Show Source):
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P(tutor is male) = 8/23

P(student is male) = 17/32

P((tutor is male) AND (student is male)) = (8/23)*(17/32)

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