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two students are chosen at random

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by Mathsbuddy » Tue Nov 19, 2013 3:10 am
sanju09 wrote:
Mathsbuddy wrote:
viveksaraswat26 wrote:P(M).P(F)=21/50
We need P(M)^2 + P(F)^2
P(M)+P(F)=1
P(M)^2+P(F)^2+2*P(M)P(F)=1
Hence P(M)^2 + P(F)^2=4/25

I see what you've done here, but there are also 2 ways of getting a male and a female: MF or FM

So P(M).P(F) + P(F).P(M) = 21/50

Now you can work out the surplus to make 1 (as you did above)

I hope this helps.
Yeah! It really helped thrice.
Sorry about that. The computer kept sending it, so I deleted the extra ones. Weird.
So, do you think I was correct? Often I fall into traps with probability, but I think this is right on this occasion. Thanks :)
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by nikhilgmat31 » Tue Jun 02, 2015 1:55 am
probability is nightmare. getting the stem of question sometimes is difficult.

can some one explain the question/answer in simple terms.

will be Thanked :)
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by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Tue Jun 02, 2015 7:31 am
If two students are chosen at random with replacement from a certain class, what is the probability that two male students or two female students are selected?
1) There are 50 male students in the class.
2) The probability of selecting one male and one female student is 21/50.

Target question: What is the probability that two male students or two female students are selected?
Let's rephrase the target question to get . . .

REPHRASED target question: What is P(the two students are the same GMAT)?

Statement 1: There are 50 male students in the class.
Since we have no idea how many females are in the class, we cannot answer the REPHRASED target question with certainty.
So, statement 1 is NOT SUFFICIENT

Statement 2: The probability of selecting one male and one female student is 21/50.
In other words, P(the two students are not the same GMAT) = 21/50
At this point, we can use the complement.
That is, P(Event A happening) = 1 - P(Event A not happening)

So, P(the two students are the same GMAT) = 1 - P(the two students are not the same GMAT)
We get: P(the two students are the same GMAT) = 1 - 29/50
= 21/50
Since we can answer the REPHRASED target question with certainty, statement 2 is SUFFICIENT

Answer = B

Cheers,
Brent
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