Your friend brings 15 chocolate cupcakes and 15 vanilla cupcakes to school. students will take turns picking a pair of cupcakes at random. what is the probability that the first student will pick 2 chocolate cupcakes?

Probability says that divide the required possible outcomes by the total number of  outcome.

As per the statement:

Your friend brings 15 chocolate cupcakes and 15 vanilla cupcakes to school.

We have to find the probability that the first student will pick 2 chocolate cupcakes.

Number of required possible outcomes =

Total number of outcomes =

by definition we have;

We know that:

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Using the formula:

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Simplify:

therefore, the probability that the first student will pick 2 chocolate cupcakes is,  

i pretty sure it is

set each factor equal to 0

4x-3 = 0

2x-1 = 0

solve for x.

4x-3=0

4x=3

x= 3/4

solve for x. 

2x-1= 0

2x= 1

x= 1/2

your answer should be 1/2 is less than or equal to x and 3/4 is greater than or equal to x