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Joanna needs a book to prop up a table leg. There are 8 Math books, 4 science books, and 5 history books. She

randomly selects a book, removing it from the shelf, and then selects another book. What is the probability that
Joanna selected two math books?

User Eyal Perry
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Answer:22% or 64/289

Step-by-step explanation: you take 8/17 which is math books over the total of books and multiply it together. simplify into a percent (if thats allowed)

8/17 x 8/17 = 64/289

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