document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1127620>Question 1127620</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The athletic department of a school has 12 full time coaches and 4 of them are female. The director selects two coaches at random from this group.  The probability that neither of them is a female is: </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "# of female 4 ; # of male 8<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The probability that neither of them is a female is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "# of non-female pairs:: 8C2 = (8*7)/(1*2) = 28<BR>\n" );
document.write( "# of random pairs:: 12C2 = (12*11)/(1*2) = 66<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Ans: P(2 non-female selected) = 28/66 = 42%<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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