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Question 62833: Dave puts a collection of 15 books on a bookshelf in a random order. Among the books are 2 fiction and 13 nonfiction books. Whart is the probability that the 2 fiction books will be all together on the left side of the shelf and the 13 nonfiction all together on the right side of the shelf? Answer by 303795(602) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The probability of the first book being a fiction is 2/15. (2 of the 15 are fiction)The probability of the second book being fiction is 1/14 (only 1 of the remaining 14 is fiction).
The probability of both events occuring is 2/15 * 1/14 = 2/210.
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