SOLUTION: 50 Americans, 45 Europeans and 1 Asian are forming a committee and 3 representatives are to be chosen at random to head the committee. Using number of combinations, find probabilit
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Question 348475: 50 Americans, 45 Europeans and 1 Asian are forming a committee and 3 representatives are to be chosen at random to head the committee. Using number of combinations, find probability that the group of three consists of one American, one European and 1 Asian. Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! P=((50C1)(45C1)(1C1))/96C3
=(50*45*1)/142880
=2250/142880
=.0157 probability that the group of three consists of one American, one European and 1 Asian.
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Ed
