document.write( "Question 1156252: In a large crowd, there are three times as many men as women. Three people are choosen at random. Assuming that there are so many people that choosing three has a negligible effect on the proportion of men to women, find the probability that they are
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document.write( "(1)  Since there are three times as many man as women, \r\n" );
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document.write( "         - the probability that the randomly chosen person is a man is  ,  and\r\n" );
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document.write( "         - the probability that the randomly chosen person is a woman is  .\r\n" );
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document.write( "     THEREFORE, the probability that three randomly selected persons all are the men is  P =  =  = 0.421875.\r\n" );
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document.write( "(2)  the probability that three randomly selected persons are (2 women and 1 men) is  P =  =  = 0.14.\r\n" );
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