Abel makes the following statement:

"I have a 30% 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 Abel will be selected as the captain of the baseball team and will be elected student body president?

6%

10%

20%

50%

Question

Abel makes the following statement:

"I have a 30% 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 Abel will be selected as the captain of the baseball team and will be elected student body president?

 6%

 10%

 20%

 50%

kathydimieri12 · Answer

I think it might be 10% or 50% not sure

mathstudent55 · Answer

The probability of two independent events happening is the product of the individual probabilites.

kathydimieri12 · Answer

okay, what would be the answer ? @mathstudent55

mathstudent55 · Answer

You need to multiply the individual probabilities.
The individual probabilities are given in the problem.

triciaal · Answer

do you need a little more help or did you forget to close?

kathydimieri12 · Answer

I need help @triciaal

triciaal · Answer

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