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A committee of 5 people is to be selected from 6 women and 7 men. Find the probability that
a) all committee members are men.
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A committee of 5 people is to be selected from 6 women and 7 men. Find the probability that
a) all committee members are men.
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Question 215552:
A committee of 5 people is to be selected from 6 women and 7 men. Find the probability that
a) all committee members are men.
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! A committee of 5 people is to be selected from 6 women and 7 men. Find the probability that
a) all committee members are men.
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For the 1st choice, it's 7/13 that it's a man.
For the 2nd, 6/12
Then 5/11, 4/10 and 3/9.
Overall it's the product of those.
7*6*5*4*3/13*12*11*10*9
= 2520/154440
= 0.016317...
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This is (7!/2)/(13!/8!)
