A department store is holding a drawing to give away free shopping sprees there are nine customers who have entered the drawing
two live in the town of Gaston 5 live in Pike and two Live in Wells two winners will be selected at random what is the probability that both winners live in Gaston?
The probability that the first winner lives in Gaston is 2/9. The probability that the second winner lives in Gaston is 1/8, the number of remaining Gastonites divided by the total number remaining in the pool.
Then the probability of both of these events is the product:
