SOLUTION: A university admitted 100 students who transferred from other institutions. Of these students, 34 transferred from two-year community colleges, 25 transferred from private four-yea

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Question 615061: A university admitted 100 students who transferred from other institutions. Of these students, 34 transferred from two-year community colleges, 25 transferred from private four-year institutions, and the rest transferred from public four-year institutions. If two different students are to be selected at random from the 100 students, what is the probability that both students selected will be students who transferred from two-year community colleges?
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the number of possible pairs for the 100 total students is ___ 100C2

the number of possible pairs for the 34 two-year students is ___ 34C2

the probability that two two-year students will be selected is ___ 34C2 / 100C2