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Question 347865: Among the contestants in a competition of 35 women and 20 men. If 5 winners are randomly selected, what is the probability that they are all men? I do not understand where I am going wrong and thank you for the help. Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Among the contestants in a competition of 35 women and 20 men. If 5 winners are randomly selected, what is the probability that they are all men?
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# of ways to pick 5 men: 20C5
# of ways to pick 5 randomly: 55C5
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Probability of picking 5 men: 20C5/55C5 = 0.0045
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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