Question

In a certain Algebra 2 class of 23 students, 15 of them play basketball and 16 of them play baseball. There are 3 students who play neither sport. What is the probability that a student chosen randomly from the class plays both basketball and baseball?

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

Let's use the principle of inclusion and exclusion to find the number of students who play both basketball and baseball.

Let A be the event that a student plays basketball (15 students), B be the event that a student plays baseball (16 students), and N be the event that a student plays neither sport (3 students). We want to find the number of students who play both sports, denoted by A ∩ B.

By the principle of inclusion and exclusion:
|A ∩ B| = |A| + |B| - |A ∪ B|
|A ∩ B| = 15 + 16 - 23
|A ∩ B| = 8

Therefore, there are 8 students who play both basketball and baseball.

Now, the probability that a student chosen randomly from the class plays both basketball and baseball is:
P(A ∩ B) = |A ∩ B| / |Total students|
P(A ∩ B) = 8 / 23
P(A ∩ B) ≈ 0.348

Therefore, the probability that a student chosen randomly from the class plays both basketball and baseball is approximately 0.348 or 34.8%.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

I apologize for the mistake in the previous calculation. Let's correct it.

Given:
Total number of students in the class (n) = 23
Number of students who play basketball (A) = 15
Number of students who play baseball (B) = 16
Number of students who play neither sport (N) = 3

We can use the principle of inclusion and exclusion:

Total students who play at least one of the sports = A + B - (A ∩ B)
Total students who play at least one of the sports = 15 + 16 - (Total students - N)
Total students who play at least one of the sports = 15 + 16 - (23 - 3)
Total students who play at least one of the sports = 15 + 16 - 20
Total students who play at least one of the sports = 11

Now, the probability that a student chosen randomly from the class plays both basketball and baseball is:

P(A ∩ B) = (Number of students who play both sports) / Total students
P(A ∩ B) = (A + B - Total students who play at least one of the sports) / Total students
P(A ∩ B) = (15 + 16 - 11) / 23
P(A ∩ B) = 20 / 23
P(A ∩ B) ≈ 0.8696

Therefore, the probability that a student chosen randomly from the class plays both basketball and baseball is approximately 0.870 or 87.0%.