SOLUTION: Carlos, Mary, Rick and Yolanda are students in a class of 17. 4 students in the class are to be selected at random to present a report. What is the probability that Carlos, Mary, R

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Question 238064: Carlos, Mary, Rick and Yolanda are students in a class of 17. 4 students in the class are to be selected at random to present a report. What is the probability that Carlos, Mary, Rick and Yolanda are selected in that order?
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Carlos, Mary, Rick and Yolanda are students in a class of 17. 4 students in the class are to be selected at random to present a report. What is the probability that Carlos, Mary, Rick and Yolanda are selected in that order?
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# of ways to succeed: 1
# of possible outcomes: 17P4 = 17*16*15*14 = 57120
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Probability = 1/57120 = 0.000017507...
Cheers,
Stan H.

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