Question 523178:  Given 8 students, 4 of which are females, if 2 students are selected at random, without replacement, what is the probability that both students are female?  
 Answer by stanbon(75887)      (Show Source): 
You can  put this solution on YOUR website! Given 8 students, 4 of which are females, if 2 students are selected at random, without replacement, what is the probability that both students are female? 
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# of ways to succeed: 4C2 = 6 
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# of possible pairs: 8C2 = 28 
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P(2 female) = 6/28 = 3/14 
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Cheers, 
Stan H.  
 
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