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Ten of 16 students in Nyack's class are girls. His teacher selected two helpers by randomly drawing names. He drew a boys name first and then a girls names. Nyack thinks that the probability of this happening is 15/64. Is he correct? If not, Explain his error.

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|\Omega|=16\cdot15=240\\|A|=6\cdot10=60\\\\P(A)=(60)/(240)=(1)/(4)

He's wrong.

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