Mr Lim, a Science teacher, needs two students to assist him with a Sciencedemonstration. Two students are picked at random from his class of 16 boysand 12 girls. Using a tree diagram, find the probability that(i) the first student is a boy and the second student is a girl,(i) one student is a boy while the other student is a girl,(iii) at least one of the students is a girl.

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A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

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