SOLUTION: There are 10 seniors, 8 juniors, 6 sophomores, and 4 freshmen on the bowling team. Mr. PIN wants to send one student from each grade to a tournament. What is the probability that h
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Question 873468: There are 10 seniors, 8 juniors, 6 sophomores, and 4 freshmen on the bowling team. Mr. PIN wants to send one student from each grade to a tournament. What is the probability that he sends 1 senior, 1 junior, 1 sophomore, and 1 freshman to the tournament?
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There are 10 seniors, 8 juniors, 6 sophomores, and 4 freshmen on the bowling team. Mr. PIN wants to send one student from each grade to a tournament. What is the probability that he sends 1 senior, 1 junior, 1 sophomore, and 1 freshman to the tournament?
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# of ways to get one of each:: 10*8*6*4
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# of random sets of 4 students: 28C4
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P(one of each) = (1920)/20,475 = 0.0938
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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