SOLUTION: A group consists of five men and seven women. Four people are selected to attend a conference.
a) In how many ways can four people be selected from this group of twelve?
b) In ho
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b) In ho
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Question 437555: A group consists of five men and seven women. Four people are selected to attend a conference.
a) In how many ways can four people be selected from this group of twelve?
b) In how many ways can four women be selected from the seven women?
c) Find the probability that the selected group will consist of all women . Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 5 men, 7 women, 4 selected
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nCr=combination of n things taken r at a time=n!/((n-r)!*r!)
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a)12C4=495 ways
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b)7C4=35 ways
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c) 35/495 = 7/99 the probability that the selected group will consist of all women.
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Ed
