SOLUTION: An automobile manufacturing plant produced 32 vehicles today:16 were motorcycles,7 were sedans, and 9 were trucks. (Each vehicle falls into only one of these categories.) Plant man

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Question 1201496: An automobile manufacturing plant produced 32 vehicles today:16 were motorcycles,7 were sedans, and 9 were trucks. (Each vehicle falls into only one of these categories.) Plant managers are going to select two of these vehicles for a thorough inspection. The first vehicle will be selected at random, and then the second vehicle will be selected at random from the remaining vehicles. What is the probability that the first vehicle selected is a motorcycle and the second vehicle is a sedan?
Do not round your intermediate computations. Round your final answer to three decimal places.

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An automobile manufacturing plant produced 32 vehicles today: 16 were motorcycles,
7 were sedans, and 9 were trucks. (Each vehicle falls into only one of these categories.)
Plant managers are going to select two of these vehicles for a thorough inspection.
The first vehicle will be selected at random, and then the second vehicle will be
selected at random from the remaining vehicles. What is the probability that
the first vehicle selected is a motorcycle and the second vehicle is a sedan?
Do not round your intermediate computations. Round your final answer to three decimal places.
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P = %2816%2F32%29%2A%287%2F31%29 = %281%2F2%29%2A%287%2F31%29 = 7%2F62 = 0.113  (rounded).   ANSWER

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