Question

The teacher of a class that contains 12 boys and 16 girls needs to pick two volunteers. She randomly selects one student, then another student from the class. Find the probability that a) she chose one boy then one girl. b) she chose one boy and then another boy.

Answer 1

Answer:

1 boy then 1 girl = 48 in 189 probability.  1 boy then 1 boy = 33 in 132 probability

Step-by-step explanation:

1 boy then 1 girl:

12/28 x 16/27

1 boy then 1 boy:

12/28 x 11/27

Simplify the fractions to make it easier.