SOLUTION: The board of directors of Saner Automatic Door Company consists of 12 members, 3 of whom are women. A new policy and procedures manual is to be written for the company. A committee

Question 785315: The board of directors of Saner Automatic Door Company consists of 12 members, 3 of whom are women. A new policy and procedures manual is to be written for the company. A committee of 3 is randomly selected from the board to do the writing.
a)What is the probability that all members of the committee are men?
b)What is the probability that at least 1 member of the committee is a woman?
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a)
9C3/12C3
=84/220
=21/55
.
b)
1 - 21/55 = 34/55
.
Ed
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