SOLUTION: A jury pool consists of 27 people, 18 men and 9 women. Compute the probability that a randomly selected jury of 12 people is all male.
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Question 1186399: A jury pool consists of 27 people, 18 men and 9 women. Compute the probability that a randomly selected jury of 12 people is all male. Answer by ikleyn(52803) (Show Source):
You need to know, how many different sextuples can you combine from 27 people;
then you need to know, how many sextuples can you combine from 18 men;
then relate the second number to the first.
So, the probability under the problem's question is
P = = = = 0.010374 ANSWER