SOLUTION: Consider a political discussion group consisting of 7 democrats, 7 republicans, and 4 independents. Suppose that 2 group members are randomly selected, in succession, to attend a p

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Question 320912: Consider a political discussion group consisting of 7 democrats, 7 republicans, and 4 independents. Suppose that 2 group members are randomly selected, in succession, to attend a political convention. Find the probability of selecting 2 democrats.
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Consider a political discussion group consisting of 7 democrats, 7 republicans, and 4 independents. Suppose that 2 group members are randomly selected, in succession, to attend a political convention. Find the probability of selecting 2 democrats.
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# of ways to select 2 democrats: 7C2 = 21
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# of ways to select 2 randomly: 18C2 = (18*17)/2 = 153
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P(select 2 dems) = 21/153
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