Question 1146700
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Consider a political discussion group consisting of 5 Democrats, 6 Republicans, and 4 Independents. 
Suppose that two group members are randomly selected, in succession, to attend a political convention. 
What is the probability of selecting no Republicans?

[round to the nearest thousandth]
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In all, there are 5 + 6 + 4 = 15 members in the political discussion group.


The probability that the first chosen person is non a Republican is {{{(5+4)/15}}} = {{{9/15}}} = {{{3/5}}}.


The probability that the second chosen person is not a Republican is {{{(5+4-1)/(15-1)}}} = {{{8/14}}} = {{{4/7}}}.


Then the probability under the question is  the product  {{{(3/5)*(4/7)}}} = {{{12/35}}}.    <U>ANSWER</U>
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