# Thread: 2 Probability questions help!

1. ## 2 Probability questions help!

1) A committee of 2 people is being selected from 3 women and 2 men by choosing name out of a hat one at a time. Determine the probability of a man being chosen given that the first name chosen is female?
I got 3/10 can someone confirm it or correct my answer.

2)Statistics show that a team has 30% chance of winning if it loses the previous game and 60% chance of winning if it wins its previous game. If the chance of winning its first game of the season is 65% determine the prob in three games, that it will win its first and third games? I got 31% and 59% (i don't know if any of then are right)

2. Originally Posted by swtaznjackie
1) A committee of 2 people is being selected from 3 women and 2 men by choosing name out of a hat one at a time. Determine the probability of a man being chosen given that the first name chosen is female?
Well if you know that one female is gone, what is the probability that the next out of the hat is male?

3. 1/2?

4. Originally Posted by swtaznjackie
1/2?
Yes. See how simple that is?