im a high school graduating class of 140 students, 45 are on the honor roll. of these, 39 are going on to college. of the 95 students not on the honor roll, 72 are going on to college. a student is selected at random from the class. a) What is the probability that the student selected is going to college? b) what is the probability that the student selected is not going to college? c) what is the probability that the student selected is not going to college and on the honor roll?

im a high school graduating class of 140 students, 45 are on the honor roll. of these, 39 are going on to college. of the 95 students not on the honor roll, 72 are going on to college. a student is selected at random from the class. a) What is the probability that the student selected is going to college? b) what is the probability that the student selected is not going to college? c) what is the probability that the student selected is not going to college and on the honor roll?

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1.1P: a. How many different 7-place license plates are possible if the first 2 places are for letters and...

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