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There are 23 people in this MA131 class and 4 students are male. Suppose you randomly...

There are 23 people in this MA131 class and 4 students are male. Suppose you randomly select 2 students without replacement. Formulas are enough to receive credit, no need to provide a decimal answer.

(a) What is the probability of both students being male?

(b) What is the probability that at least one student is male?

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Probability calculation by combinations.

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