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Question 360556: in a business class there are 12 men and 8 women 4 students are randomly selected to present a topic what is the probability that 3 out of 4 are men
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
in a business class there are 12 men and 8 women 4 students are randomly selected to present a topic what is the probability that 3 out of 4 are men
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# of ways to pick 3 men and and 1 woman: 12C3*8C1 = 1760
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# of ways to pick 4 persons randomly: 20C4 = 4845
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P(3 out of 4 are men) = 1750/4845
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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