A student has a total of 164 songs on his MP3 player, 69 of which are old favorites by the Beatles. The player is set up to play the songs in a random order, even playing the same song twice in a row at times. what is the probability that the first two songs played will be by the Beatles?

A student has a total of 164 songs on his MP3 player, 69 of which are old favorites by the Beatles. The player is set up to play the songs in a random order, even playing the same song twice in a row at times. what is the probability that the first two songs played will be by the Beatles?

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

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