Question

PLEASE HELP
Jacob makes the following statement:

"I have a 60% chance of being selected as the captain of the baseball team and a 20% chance of being elected student body president."

What is the probability that Jacob will be selected as the captain of the baseball team and will be elected student body president?

80%

40%

12%

8%

Answer 1

@godmod360

Answer 2

these 2 events are independent of each other so the probabilities of them both happening is the product of the individual probabilities

Answer 3

so just multiply them

Answer 4

ok, so 20 * 60?

Answer 5

thank you