Question

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

FAN AND MEDAL

Answer 2

in probability, "and" usually means multiply

probability of being selected for both baseball team and student body president =

(probability of being selected for the baseball team)*(probability of being selected as student body president)

= (0.60)*(0.2)

Answer 3

0.12

Answer 4

yes or 12%