Question 1175707: Two men (Jim and Bob) and three women (Ann,
Beth, and Carol) are on a committee. Two of the
five are to be chosen to serve as officers. What is
the probability that the first one is a man and followed by a woman? Assume no replacement?
Answer by ikleyn(52781)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! .
This problem formulation is INCORRECT, INCONSISTENT and CONFUSING.
As the question is printed, "What is the probability that the first one is a man and followed by a woman?"
But in this problem NO ONE is the "first", and equally, no one is the "second".
A correct question should be "What is the probability that one of the two selected persons is a man and the other is a woman?"
In this forum, I regularly see (every day several times) incorrectly formulated problems and questions.
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