Unit 3: Probability Assignment Booklet 3

12. The Canadian government is forming a committee on environmental regulation. If 45 legislators are
available to chose from with 30 being form urban areas and 15 being from rural areas. If 3 legislators are
chosen at random, determine the probability to the nearest hundredth, that at least one rural legislator
is chosen. Use the method stated below:

a. direct reasoning (2 marks)

b. indirect reasoning (2 marks)