document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=249154>Question 249154</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In a math class, 12 out of 15 girls are freshmen and 11 out of 15 boys are freshmen. What is the probability that in a randomly selected group of five students from the class, there will be two freshmen girls and three freshmen boys? Express your answer as a decimal to the nearest thousandth. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #181525 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=edjones><B>edjones(8007)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=edjones><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=edjones><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=181525\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> nCr = n!/((n-r)!r!) Combination of n things taken r at a time.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "12C2 twelve frosh girls taken 2 at a time= 66 different combinations.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "11C3 eleven frosh boys taken 3 at a time= 165 different combinations.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "30C5 Thirty students taken 5 at a time=142506 different combinations.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(66*165)/142506<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=.076<BR>\n" );
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