SOLUTION: Five students are selected at random,one after the other and without replacement,from a group of twenty students of whom twelve are men and eight are women. What is the probabilit

Question 870280: Five students are selected at random,one after the other and without replacement,from a group of twenty students of whom twelve are men and eight are women.
What is the probability that the fifth student selected is a man?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
20 students: 12M, 8W
Five students are selected at random
IF 4 women chosen first and then...the 5th choice is a man:

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