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Determine the probability

There are five boys and four girls in a class. The teacher randomly selects one student to answer a question. Later, the teacher randomly selects a different student to answer another question. The first student is a boy and the second student is a girl.

User Tariq
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Answer:

20/81

Explanation:

We need to multiply both probabilities to determine the probability of the events happening. There's a 5/9 chance for the first event and a 4/9 chance for the second one. Multiply them together and you get 20/81

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