SOLUTION: 1.there are six employees eligible to be on a three person committee and the manager wantst o know how many different committes are possibel. would the manager use a permutation or

Question 1036487: 1.there are six employees eligible to be on a three person committee and the manager wantst o know how many different committes are possibel. would the manager use a permutation or combination? expain
2.there are four men and three women eligible for two promotions at a company. if each employee is equally likely to be promoted, what is the probability that both promotions will be given to women? round the answer to the nearest tenth percent.

Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1.there are six employees eligible to be on a three person committee and the manager wantst o know how many different committes are possible. would the manager use a permutation or combination? explain
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Combinations count groups of objects.
Permutations count arrangements of objects.
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Your Problem::
Use a combination:: 6C3 = (6*5*4)/(1*2*3) = 5*4 = 20 ways to choose three.
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2.there are four men and three women eligible for two promotions at a company. if each employee is equally likely to be promoted, what is the probability that both promotions will be given to women? round the answer to the nearest tenth percent.
# of ways to succeed:: 3C2 = 3
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# of possible pairs:: 7oC2 = (7*6)/(1*2) = 21
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P(choose 2 women) = 3/21 = 1/7
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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