Two boys and three girls are auditioning to play the piano for a school production. Two students will be chosen, one as the pianist, the other as the alternate. What is the probability that the pianist will be a boy and the alternate will be a girl? Express your answer as a percent.

30%

40%

50%

60%

30% is the correct answer.

Step-by-step explanation:

Total number of boys = 2

Total number of girls = 3

Total number of students = 5

To find:

Probability that the pianist will be a boy and the alternate will be a girl?

Solution:

Here we have to make 2 choices.

1st choice has to be boy (pianist) and 2nd choice has to be girl (alternate).

Formula for probability of an event E is given as:

For , number of favorable cases are 2 (total number of boys).

Total number of cases = Total number of students i.e. 5

So, is:

For , number of favorable cases are 3 (total number of girls).

Now, one boy is already chosen as pianist so Total number of cases = Total number of students left i.e. (5 - 1) = 4

So, the required probability is:

answer: 177/8

step-by-step explanation: