document.write( "Question 1208918: A history class is comprised of 5
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document.write( "It will be a success if the instructor chooses 3 females from the 5 in any of\r\n" );
document.write( "C(5,3) ways and chooses 5 males from the 9 in any of C(9,5) ways --\r\n" );
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document.write( "out of the number of ways the instructor could possibly choose the 8, which is --\r\n" );
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document.write( "any 9 students out of the 5+9=14 students in any of C(14,8) ways:\r\n" );
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document.write( "about 42% of the time.\r\n" );
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