Twice during the assembly, a student is chosen at random to assist with the presentation. after the first student has finished assisting, the student returns to the group and can be chosen a second time. what is the probability that the first student chosen is a senior and the second student chosen is a sophomore? startfraction 11 over 320 endfraction startfraction 3 over 80 endfraction startfraction 11 over 40 endfraction two-fifths

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The probability that the first student chosen is a senior and the second student chosen is a sophomore is 11/320.

What is probability?

Probability of an event is the ratio of number of favorable outcome to the total number of outcome of that event.

Twice during the assembly, a student is chosen at random to assist with the presentation.

After the first student has finished assisting, the student returns to the group and can be chosen a second time.

There are total 80 number of students in which 22 are senior students. Thus, probability of choosing first student a senior

[tex]P(A)=\dfrac{22}{80}\\P(A)=\dfrac{11}{40}[/tex]

There are total 22 sophomores. Thus, probability of choosing second student a sophomore is,

[tex]P(B)=\dfrac{10}{80}\\P(B)=\dfrac{1}{8}[/tex]

By the chain rule, the probability that the first student chosen is a senior and the second student chosen is a sophomore is

[tex]\dfrac{11}{8}\times \dfrac{1}{8}=\dfrac{11}{320}[/tex]

Thus, the probability that the first student chosen is a senior and the second student chosen is a sophomore is 11/320.

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