SOLUTION: Ten-member jury for a criminal case will be selected from a pool of 12 men and 12 women. What is the
probability that the jury will have 5 men and 5 women?
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Question 1198005: Ten-member jury for a criminal case will be selected from a pool of 12 men and 12 women. What is the
probability that the jury will have 5 men and 5 women? Answer by ikleyn(52777) (Show Source):
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Ten-member jury for a criminal case will be selected from a pool of 12 men and 12 women.
What is the probability that the jury will have 5 men and 5 women?
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The total number of different ways to select ten-member jury from 12+12 = 24 persons (candidates) is
= = 1961256.
The number of ways to select 5 men from 12 men is = 792.
The number of ways to select 5 women from 12 women is the same = 792.
The number of different possible 5men-5women juries is the product 792*792.
The probability under the problem's question is
P = = = 0.319827702 = 0.3198 (rounded). ANSWER
