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25 September, 19:34

A math class has 7 girls and 3 boys in the seventh grade and 3 girls and 9 boys in the eighth grade. The teacher randomly selects a seventh grader and an eighth grader from the class for a competition. What is the probability that the students she selects are both boys?

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  1. 25 September, 20:06
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    7th grade has 3 boy out of 10 students

    probability of picking a boy is 3/10

    8th grade has 9 boys out of 12 students are boys

    probability of picking a boy is 9/12 reduced to 3/4

    3/10 x 3/4 = 9/40 probability of picking 2 boys
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