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A box of jerseys for a pickup game of basketball contains 9 extra-large jerseys7 large jerseys, and 3 medium jerseysyou are first to and grab 2 what is the probability that you randomly grab 2 large jerseys? Express your answer as a fraction in lowest adecimal rounded to the nearest millionth

User Dshukertjr
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We have a total of

9+7+3 = 19 jerseys. 7 of them are large.

The probability of picking a large jersey is:

7/19.

After you already picked up one large jersey, you're left with 6 out of 18 jerseys: 6/18

So, the probability will be:


(7)/(19)*(6)/(18)=(42)/(342)=(7)/(57)=0.122807

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