Question

On a shelf there are 60 novels and 20 poetry books. What is the probability that person A chooses a novel and walks away with it and then person B walks up shortly after and picks another novel?

Answer 1

On a shelf there are 60 novels and 20 poetry books. Person A chooses a book at random off the shelf and leaves with it. Shortly after, Person B chooses another book at random. Calculate: 1)The probability that the book selected by Person B is a novel? = A picks a novel and B picks a novel OR A picks poetry and B picks novel =( 60/80*59/79) + ( 20/80* 60/59) = 0.75 2)