The Basketball Team at North Snowshoe High Is in a Little

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The basketball team at North Snowshoe High is in a little bit of trouble. Two of their players have just fouled out on technicals, and due to the flu the coach only has 4 players to choose from: three forwards and a guard who doubles as the team statistician. In his haste, the coach will randomly choose two of the four to go into the game, and of course will do so without replacement. What is the probability that the team statistician will be selected?

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Definitions:

Reactant Concentration

The amount of reactants present in a given volume of solution at the start of a chemical reaction, influencing the reaction rate.

First-order Reaction

A chemical reaction whose rate is directly proportional to the concentration of a single reactant.

Half-life

The time required for a quantity to reduce to half its initial value, often used to describe the rate of decay of radioactive substances.

Drug Concentration

The amount of a drug present in a given volume of fluid, often measured in terms of mass per unit volume.