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In a recent school election at a large school we know that 45% of the students supported candidate X and the other 55% supported candidate Y. Assume everyone has a strong opinion about one candidate or the other.If we select 2 students at random, what is the probability that they both support candidate X? 0 0.2025 0.6975 0.90Question 5

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In a recent school election at a large school we know that 45% of the students supported candidate X and the other 55% supported candidate Y. Assume everyone has a strong opinion about one candidate or the other.If we select 2 students at random, what is the probability that they both support candidate X? 0 0.2025 0.6975 0.90Question 5

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The probability of two independent events both occurring is the product of their individual probabilities.

Here, the probability of one student supporting candidate X is 45%, or 0.45.

Since the selection of the second student is an independent event, the probability of the second student also supporting candidate X is also 0.45.

Therefore, the probability that both students support candidate X is 0.45 * 0.45 = 0.2025.

So, the correct answer is 0.2025.

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