SOLUTION: If a committee of 3 is to be chosen at random from a class of 13 students, what is the probability of the committee is to consist of a president, a vice president, and a treasurer?

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Question 892450: If a committee of 3 is to be chosen at random from a class of 13 students, what is the probability of the committee is to consist of a president, a vice president, and a treasurer?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20055)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The number of possible committees is C(13,3) = 286.

Only 1 committee consiste of those three officers.

Thats 1 way out of 286 or .  That's the desired probability.

Edwin
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