document.write( "Question 627896: A comittee of five persons is to be seleted andomly from a group of five men and 10 women. a) find the probability that the comittee consists of 2 men and 3 women b) find the probability that comittee consisting pf all the womens. \n" ); document.write( "
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A comittee of five persons is to be seleted andomly from a group of five men and 10 women.
\n" ); document.write( "a) find the probability that the comittee consists of 2 men and 3 women
\n" ); document.write( "Number of ways to select 2 men: 5C2 = 10
\n" ); document.write( "Number of ways to select 3 women: 10C3 = 120
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\n" ); document.write( "Number of ways to select 2 men and 3 women: 10*120 = 1200
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\n" ); document.write( "Number of random groups of 5 from 15 = 3003
\n" ); document.write( "P(select 2 men and 3 women) = 1200/3003 = 0.4
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\n" ); document.write( "b) find the probability that comittee consisting pf all the womens.
\n" ); document.write( "Number of ways to select 5 women of 10 = 252
\n" ); document.write( "P(select 5 women) = 252 = 3003
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