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At Central High School, 55% of students play a school sport. Also, 24% of the student population is in ninth grade. To ninth graders are allowed to play school sports. If two students are selected at random to receive a gift card, what is the probability that one will go to a student athlete and one will go to a freshman? Write the answer as a percent rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent.

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Answer:

Probability that one of the giftcards will go to a student athlete and one will go to a freshman = 26.4%

Explanation:

At Central High School, 55% of students play a school sport. Also, 24% of the student population is in ninth grade. No ninth graders are allowed to play school sports. If two students are selected at random to receive a gift card, what is the probability that one will go to a student athlete and one will go to a freshman? Write the answer as a percent rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent.

Solution

Probability that a student plays a school sport, that is, probability that a student is a student athlete = P(S) = 55% = 0.55

Probability that a student is in the ninth grade, that is, probability that a student is a freshman = P(F) = 24% = 0.24

It was given that no freshman is allowed to play sports, hence, it translates that the event that a student is a student athlete and the event that a student is a freshman are mutually exclusive.

P(S n F) = 0

If two students are then picked at random to receive a gift card, we require the probability that one will go to a student athlete and one will go to a freshman.

Probability that the first one goes to a student athlete = P(S) = 0.55

Probability that the second one goes to a freshman ≈ 0.24

Probability that the first one goes to a freshman = P(F) = 0.24

Probability that the second one goes to a student athlete ≈ 0.55

Probability that one will go to a student athlete and one will go to a freshman

= (0.55 × 24) + (0.24 × 0.55)

= 0.132 + 0.132

= 0.264

= 26.4% in percent to the nearest tenth.

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