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Mr Garcia has 15 boys and 10 girls in his math class. He selects two students at random to demonstrate how they solved the day’s challenge assignment. What is the probability that both students are girls? (Leave the answer in simplified fraction form.)

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Answer:

3/20

Explanation:

Total number of students = 15 + 10 = 25

Number of girls = 10

Number of ways to select 2 students =

Number of ways to select 2 girls =

Compute the probability of selecting two girls as follows:

Thus, the probability that both students are girls is 0.15.

0.15 simplified in fraction from: 3/20

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