A teacher randomly chooses a two-person leadership team from a group of four qualified students. Three of the students, Sandra, Marta, and Jane, are girls. The fourth student, Franklin, is a boy.
Using the sample space of possible outcomes listed below, where each student is represented by the first letter of his or her name, answer each of the following questions.
What is
, the probability that the first student is a boy?
What is
, the probability that the second student is a girl?
What is
, the probability that the first student is a boy and the second student is a girl?
Are events
and
independent?
Choose 1 answer:
Choose 1 answer:
(Choice A) Yes, events
and
are independent events.
A
Yes, events
and
are independent events.
(Choice B) No, events
and
are not independent events.
B
No, events
and
are not independent events.
Student 1 S S S M M M J J J F F F
Student 2 M J F S J F S M F S M J