SOLUTION: Swimming - The coach randommly selects 3 swimmers from a team of 8 to swim in a heat. What is the probability that she chose the 3 strongest swimmers.

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Swimming - The coach randommly selects 3 swimmers from a team of 8 to swim in a heat. What is the probability that she chose the 3 strongest swimmers.
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The 3 strongest swimmers form one group of three.
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There are 8C3 = (8*7*6)/(1*2*3) = 56 groups of three
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P(she chooses the 3 strongest) = 1/56
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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