SOLUTION: Use the Hypergeometric formula: a high school committee is to be formed by choosing randomly from 11 students and 5 teachers. If the committee is to have 7 members, find the probab
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Question 852618: Use the Hypergeometric formula: a high school committee is to be formed by choosing randomly from 11 students and 5 teachers. If the committee is to have 7 members, find the probability that exactly 5 of them are students.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Use the Hypergeometric formula: a high school committee is to be formed by choosing randomly from 11 students and 5 teachers. If the committee is to have 7 members, find the probability that exactly 5 of them are students.
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P(5 students of 7) = 11C5*5C2/16C7 = 0.4038
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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