Question

Abel makes the following statement: "I have a 30% chance of being selected as the captain of the baseball team and a 20% chance of being elected student body president." What is the probability that Abel will be selected as the captain of the baseball team and will be elected student body president?

Answer 1

The answer is 6%

Explanation:

30% divided by 100 equals 0.3

20% divided by 100 equals 0.2

When you multiply 0.3 times 0.2 you get 0.6 but its not done yet.

below the 0.6 will be 00.0

add 0.6+00.0 you will get 00.6

After, move the zero next to the decimal point one step to the right you will get 0.06

Then multiply 0.06 times 100 and you will get 6 and you answer will be 6%.

Hope this helped! :)

Answer 2

(30/100)*(20/100) = 0.06 = 6% The percentages need to be multiplied for the 'and' probability formula.