Answer: d) 5/7
Step-by-step explanation:
10 out of 35 of the students are girls. The number of boys is therefore:
= 35 - 10
= 25 boys
Probability that the winner is a boy is:
= 25/35
Take that fraction to the simplest by dividing both by 5:
= 5/7
The probability of the first item being good is 11/15.
Since we have taken 1 item out the remaining total is now 14, so the probability of getting a defective item is now 4/14.
Now you multiply the probabilities together to get (11/15)(2/7)=22/105
Answer: according to spark notes: There can be 0, 1, or 2 solutions to a quadratic equation, depending on whether the expression inside the square root sign, (b2 - 4ac), is positive, negative, or zero. This expression has a special name: the discriminant.
In this case it is 0, not 2, which was my first and wrong answer
