Question

A university class has 22 students: 3 are nursing majors, 9 are psychology majors, and 10 are business majors. (Each student has only one of these majors.) The professor is planning to select two of the students for a demonstration. The first student will be selected at random, and then the second student will be selected at random from the remaining students. What is the probability that the first student selected is a nursing major and the second student is a business major?

Answer 1

Answer:

27/462

OR

.058

Step-by-step explanation:

the probability that the first student, selected at random, is a nursing student is 3/22.

the probability that the second student, selected at random from the remaining students, is an accounting major is 9/21.

the probability the first student chosen is a nursing student and the second student chosen is an accounting major is therefore 3/22 * 9/21 = 27/462.