Josh has been given two assignments, assignment A and assignment B.He estimates that the chance of getting a passing grade on assignment A is 60% and the chance of getting a passing grade on assignment B is 50%.Assuming that assignment grades are statistically independent, how likely is it that Josh gets a passing grade on both assignments?
A)20%
B)50%
C)30%
D)10%
E)70%

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The probability of passing both assignments is the product of the individual probabilities: 0.6 * 0.5 = 0.3 or 30%.

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