Answer:
39.16% probability of selecting three Democrats and three Republicans
Step-by-step explanation:
A probability is the number of desired outcomes divided by the number of total outcomes.
In this question, the order in which the people are selected is not important. So we use the combinations formula to solve this question.
Combinations formula:
is the number of different combinations of x objects from a set of n elements, given by the following formula.

Desired outcomes:
3 Democrats, from a set of 8.
3 Republicans, from a set of 8.

Total outcomes:
6 people from a set of 16.

Probability:

39.16% probability of selecting three Democrats and three Republicans
Answer:


Step-by-step explanation:
To solve this question we're going to use trigonometric identities and good ol' Pythagoras theorem.
a) Firstly, sec(θ)=52. we're gonna convert this to cos(θ) using:

we can substitute the value of sec(θ) in this equation:

and solve for for cos(θ)

side note: just to confirm we can find the value of θ and verify that is indeed an acute angle by
b) since right triangle is mentioned in the question. We can use:

we know the value of cos(θ)=1\52. and by comparing the two. we can say that:
- length of the adjacent side = 1
- length of the hypotenuse = 52
we can find the third side using the Pythagoras theorem.




- length of the opposite side = √(2703) ≈ 51.9904
we can find the sin(θ) using this side:


and since 

Step-by-step explanation:
In my opinion the reason 4 is incorrect