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Question 322845: A graduate statistics course has seven male and three female students. The professor wants to select two students at random to help her conduct a reseach project. What is the probability that the two students chosen a females? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A graduate statistics course has seven male and three female students. The professor wants to select two students at random to help her conduct a reseach project. What is the probability that the two students chosen a females?
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# of ways to select two females: 3C2 = 3
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# of ways to select two students randomly: 10C2 = 45
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P(select 2 females) = 3/45 = 1/15
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Stan H.
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