SOLUTION: The organizer of a television show must select 5 people to participate in the show. that participants will be selected from a list of 26 people who have written in to the show. if
Algebra.Com
Question 667346: The organizer of a television show must select 5 people to participate in the show. that participants will be selected from a list of 26 people who have written in to the show. if the participants are selected randomly, what is the probability that the 5 youngest people wil be selected?
not sure if this is 6! or do I have to use 8!(8-6!) =8!/2!
Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The formula for combinations is generally , where is the total number of possibilities to start and is the number of selections made.
In our example, we have 26 people; therefore, .
We want to select youngest people, so }.
if there are exactly youngest people and if they were all selected, the probability is
RELATED QUESTIONS
(a) The organizer of a television show must select 5 people to participate in the show.... (answered by ikleyn)
I'm thinking this is a combination because it entails a random selection with no stated... (answered by stanbon)
The organizer of a conference is selecting workshops to include. She will select from 7... (answered by ikleyn)
A television weighs 50 pounds and a microwave weighs 30 pounds. A TV occupies 4 ft.³ and (answered by Theo)
At a store, customers are randomly selected to participate in a survey. On Friday, there... (answered by greenestamps)
organizer of a conference is selecting workshops to include. She will select 8 from... (answered by greenestamps)
The quality assurance engineer of a television manufacturer inspects TVs in lots of 100. (answered by ikleyn)
In a shipment of 50 televisions, 5 are defective. If 2 television sets are randomly... (answered by brucewill)
Suppose on average the daily sales volume of TVs at Best Buy is 5.
What is the... (answered by ikleyn)