SOLUTION: In a science class there are 12 boys and 10 girls. What is the probabilty that a lab group of 5 people is created consisting of exactly 4 boys and 1 girl?
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Question 459491: In a science class there are 12 boys and 10 girls. What is the probabilty that a lab group of 5 people is created consisting of exactly 4 boys and 1 girl?
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(12C4 * 10C1)/22C5
=(495*10)/26334
=.1880
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Ed
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