SOLUTION: A four-person student advisory
committee is to be randomly selected from five
senior boys and six senior girls. What is the
probability that the committee will be all senior
bo
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committee is to be randomly selected from five
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probability that the committee will be all senior
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Question 288238: A four-person student advisory
committee is to be randomly selected from five
senior boys and six senior girls. What is the
probability that the committee will be all senior
boys? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A four-person student advisory
committee is to be randomly selected from five
senior boys and six senior girls. What is the
probability that the committee will be all senior
boys?
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# of ways to succeed: 5C4 = 5
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# of possible committees: 11C4 = 330
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P(4 seniors) = 5/330 = 1/66
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Stan H.
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