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An international team has two boxers picked for an international sports event. What is the probability that both the boxers are men given that at least one of them is a man?

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Final answer:

The student is inquiring about the conditional probability of both boxers being men given that at least one boxer is a man, which requires knowing the total number of men and non-men to calculate.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student is asking about the probability that both the boxers are men given that at least one of them is a man. This is a conditional probability question, which means we are looking for the likelihood of an event occurring given that another event has already occurred.

To solve this problem, we need the total number of ways to pick two boxers from the group, the number of ways to pick one man and one non-man, and the number of ways to pick two men. Assume the number of men is at least one. The solution involves using the conditional probability formula, which in this case would be the probability of both being men divided by the probability that at least one is a man. The actual calculation cannot be completed without the specific numbers of men and non-men (women and/or other genders) in the team.

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