Question

Van has a 40% chance of being selected as president of the school sports club and a 70% chance of being elected editor of the school magazine. What is the probability that Ben will be selected as president of the sports club and will also be elected editor of the school magazine? Choices are 0.3% 1.1% 14% or 28%

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer is 28%.

Step-by-step explanation:

Ben has a 40% chance of being selected as president of the school sports club and a 70% chance of being elected editor of the school magazine.

To find the probability that Ben will be selected as president of the sports club and will also be elected editor of the school magazine, we will multiplt both probabilities.

$0.40\times0.70=0.28$ or 28%

Therefore, the answer is 28%.

Answer 2

will be selected as president of the sports club (and) will also be elected editor of the school magazine 
you can see the ( and ) it means intersect 
so 
 president of the sports club ∩ editor of the school magazine 
= .7 * .4 = .28