document.write( "Question 217347: a committee of five people is to be formed from six lawyers and seven teachers. find the probabitlity they are all lawyers
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document.write( "and find the probability that none are lawyers \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #163905 by Theo(13342) You can put this solution on YOUR website! There are 13 people in the draw. \n" ); document.write( "6 are lawyers. \n" ); document.write( "7 are teachers. \n" ); document.write( "----- \n" ); document.write( "probability a team of 5 people will consist of all lawyers assuming the team is picked randomly is: \n" ); document.write( "6/13 * 5/12 * 4/11 * 3/10 * 2/9 = .004662005 \n" ); document.write( "----- \n" ); document.write( "The probability that none would be lawyers is equal to the probability that all will be teachers. That probability is: \n" ); document.write( "7/13 * 6/12 * 5/11 * 4/10 * 3/9 = .016317016 \n" ); document.write( "----- \n" ); document.write( " |