A few days ago
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Word problem?

A football coach needs 12 players to ride on a float in a parade. He randomly selects names from a helmet. The helmet contains the names of 4 freshmen, 13 sophomores, 14 juniors, and 8 seniors. What is the probability the first two names chosen are juniors?

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A few days ago
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I wouldn’t say that I’m an expert on this, but it seems as likely that he’d pick two juniors as pick any other combination. I can’t remember where I heard this kind of situation discussed and I was surprised by this explanation, but that’s what the expert said.

I’m pretty sure your math teacher is expecting a different answer, but the truth of it is that it’s all pretty random, isn’t it?

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