SOLUTION: A freshman english class at a certain college has 49 women and 20 men. If 5 students are randomly selected, what is the probability that they are all men? Round to five decimal pla
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Question 753208: A freshman english class at a certain college has 49 women and 20 men. If 5 students are randomly selected, what is the probability that they are all men? Round to five decimal places.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A freshman english class at a certain college has 49 women and 20 men. If 5 students are randomly selected, what is the probability that they are all men? Round to five decimal places.
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# of ways to succeed: 20C5
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# of random sets of 5 people: 69C5
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P(5 men) = 20C5/69C5 = 0.0014
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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