SOLUTION: 10 men 10 females, production unit of 7 people set up randomly, what is the probability 5 will be male and 2 female

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Question 534054: 10 men 10 females, production unit of 7 people set up randomly, what is the probability 5 will be male and 2 female
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10 men 10 females, production unit of 7 people set up randomly, what is the probability 5 will be male and 2 female
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# of ways to select 5 men = 10C5 = 252
# of ways to select 2 females = 10C2 = 45
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# of ways to select 7 randomly: 20C7
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Ans: P(4 male And 2 female) = (252*45)/77520
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Stan H.