Suppose that your softball team has a 75% chance of making the playoffs. Your cross-town rivals have an 80% chance of making the playoffs.
Teams that make the playoffs have a 25% chance of making the finals.

9. P (cross-town rivals make the playoffs and the finals)

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Suppose that your softball team has a 75% chance of making the playoffs. Your cross-town rivals have an 80% chance of making the playoffs. 
Teams that make the playoffs have a 25% chance of making the finals.
 
9. P (cross-town rivals make the playoffs and the finals)

highschoolmom2010 · Answer

this confused me because of percent

terenzreignz · Answer

Understandable, it did confuse me too, after all :D
Anyway, if percentages confuse you so, just replace them with decimals while figuring.
That's the normal way to do it, anyway.

So, the rivals have a 0.80 chance of getting to the playoffs, yes?

highschoolmom2010 · Answer

yes that makes sense

terenzreignz · Answer

Of course it does, it was given XD

Anyway, now that they have a 0.8 chance of getting to the playoffs, the chances of them getting to the finals now are 0.25
So, multiply them. ^_^

highschoolmom2010 · Answer

.2 is what i got... so they have a 20 percent chance?

terenzreignz · Answer

Yup.
Exactly :D

highschoolmom2010 · Answer

ty @terenzreignz

terenzreignz · Answer

No problem.
Though next time, please call me TJ :D
cheers ^_^