document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1005590>Question 1005590</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> INSTRUCTIONS:Determine whether the following individual events are independent or dependent. Then find the probability of the combined event.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "QUESTION: Randomly selecting a four-person committee consisting entirely of men from a pool of 11 men and 16 woen<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The event of selecting a man and the event of selecing a man the next time are ______ (dependent or independent). </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Then find the probability of the combined event.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "QUESTION: Randomly selecting a four-person committee consisting entirely of men from a pool of 11 men and 16 women.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Event is independent<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "# of ways to succeed: 11C4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "# of possible outcomes: 27C4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(4 men) = 11C4/27C4 = 0.0189<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The event of selecting a man and the event of selecting a man the next time are dependent (dependent or independent).<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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