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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