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Mrs. Balao is randomly choosing 3 students for a team who will compete in a math quiz bee, and there are 5 girls and 8 boys to choose from. What is the probability of having a team made up 2 girls and a boy?

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Number of boys is 8

Number of girls is 5

Total number of students is 8+5=13

There are \binom{5}{2}=10 ways to choose 2 girls from 5 girls

There are \binom{8}{1}=8 ways to choose 1 boy from 8 boys

There are \binom{13}{3}=286 ways to select 3 students from 8 boys and 5 girls.

The probability of having a team made up 2 girls and a boy is {10\times 8\over286}=0.2797


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