SOLUTION: Three people are selected at random from a group of 10 men and 15 women. Find the probability that all three of them are women.

Question 1095711: Three people are selected at random from a group of 10 men and 15 women. Find the probability that all three of them are women.
Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are possible groups of 3 people that can be formed from the 25 people available.
Of those, are made of 3 women,
because that is the number of groups of 3 women that you can form from the 15 women available.
The groups made of 3 women, as a fraction of all the groups of 3 people, are
.
That is the probability that all three people are women.
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