Question

Ben has a 40% chance of being selected as the president of the school sports club and a 70% chance of being elected editor of the school magazine.

What is the probability that Ben will be selected as the president of the sports club and will also be elected editor of the school magazine?

Answer 1

40% x 70% will give you the answer in percent.
.4 x .7 = .28 He has a 28/100 chance or 7/25 chance (reduced).

Answer 2

Probability of Ben for being selected as president of sport club and elected editor of the school magazine will be = 0.28

Explanation:

Here given in the question is Ben has a chance of being selected as president of the school = 40% and a chance of being elected as editor of the school magazine = 70%

Therefore probability of two different events are

P(A) = 0.40

P(B) = 0.70

Now probability of happening both the events will be = P(A) × P(B) = 0.40×0.70 = 0.28

Therefore probability of happening of both the events will be = 0.28