A researcher is working with a group of 13 participants, 6 of whom are female and 7 of whom are male. The researcher will select one participant for the group at random, and then she will select a second participant at random from the remaining participants. What is the probability that two males will be selected?

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Wyatt Walters

22 December, 10:56

A researcher is working with a group of 13 participants, 6 of whom are female and 7 of whom are male. The researcher will select one participant for the group at random, and then she will select a second participant at random from the remaining participants. What is the probability that two males will be selected?

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Johan Pratt · Answer 1

Okay the way to do this: Find the probability of the first event and then the probability of the second event. Then, multiply the probabilities. So:

(7/13) * (6/12)

So the answer is about. 27 or 27%