document.write( "Question 353779: A community meeting was attended by 37 parents along with 26 students. A committee is to be formed consisting of 8 people: 4 parents and 4 students. If you are one of the students at the meeing, what is the probability that you will be chosen for the committee \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #252894 by robertb(5830)\"\" \"About 
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If I were one of the students and it is certain that I'll be a member of the committee, then 3 more students are needed to be selected from the remaining 25 students. It can be done in \"C%2825%2C+3%29+=+2300\" ways. Then 4 parents had to be selected from 37 parents. This can be done in \"C%2837%2C+4%29=66045\". There are
\n" ); document.write( "\"C%2863%2C+8%29+=+3872894697\" ways of selecting 8 people out of \"26%2B37+=+63\" people.
\n" ); document.write( " The probability is then
\n" ); document.write( "\"2300%2A66045%2F3872894697+=+0.03922\".
\n" ); document.write( "
\n" );