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 sc
hool 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%
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.
<span>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 </span><span> president of the sports club </span>∩ <span>editor of the school magazine = .7 * .4 = .28</span>
Yes, it is an equivalent expression because even though you move two pieces of an equation it will still equal the same thing, unless there are parentheses involved.
