document.write( "Question 1176381: Among 12 persons 5 are women and 7 are men.one person is chosen at random and then a second person is chosen.the second person drawn is a woman.what is the probability that the first person was also a woman?
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document.write( "It means, that the first choice was among 5 women of 12 persons,\r\n" );
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document.write( "so the probability under the problem's question is  P = .        ANSWER\r\n" );
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document.write( "Another way to get the same answer is to apply the formula for the conditional probability\r\n" );
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document.write( "    P =  = .\r\n" );
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