Question

Q. Tim and Jorge hope they will be assigned to the same cabin at the summer camp. Each cabin has 8 beds in it. And Tim knows that he is saying in the green cabin not the red cabin. If there are 14 boys going to camp in addition to Tim and Jorge. What is the change that Tim and Jorge will both be in the green cabin?
A. do I mulpite 14 by 8??

Answer 1

There are 16 kids and 16 beds total.

We know that Tim is in green.
So the question is what is the probability that Jorge will be in green.

After Tim moves in, there are seven beds left in green out of fifteen beds total.
so
7/15

Answer 2

Thank you!