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PROBABILITY There are 8 girls and 8 boys on the Faculty Advisory Board. Three are juniors. Find the probability of selecting a boy or a girl from the committee who is not a junion
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This is done by adding the number of girls and boys together. So, we have: \[8 (girls) + 8 (boys) = 16 (total)\] Show more…
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