document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=432957>Question 432957</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A group contains 5 men and some women. In a random of selection, the probability that the first two people randomly picked were men, is 2/11. What is the probability that the third person picked from the group is a woman? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "let the total no. of people = n\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5C2 / nC2 = 2/11\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "=> 10/nC2 = 2/11\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "=> nC2 = 55\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so, n = 11\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "here 5 men and 6 women.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "probability that third is woman = 6/9 = 2/3\r<BR>\n" );
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