Question

Mrs. Vanderpumps class contains 13 girls and 17 boys. Mrs. Vanderpump need to select volunteers to pass out papers. She randomly selects one student then selects another student from the class Find the probability that she chooses a girl first, then a boy. Independent or Dependent

Answer 1

It is important to know that probability is the ratio between the possible events and the total number of outcomes.

Having said that, the probability would be

`P=(13)/(30)\cdot(17)/(29)=(221)/(870)\approx0.25`

Hence, the probability 25%, approximately.

It's important to know that the events are dependent because the total number of outcomes changes after selecting the first student.