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Question 581639: A committee consisting of 6 people is to be selected from eight parents and four teachers. Find the probability of selecting three parents and three teachers Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A committee consisting of 6 people is to be selected from eight parents and four teachers. Find the probability of selecting three parents and three teachers
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# of ways to succeed: 8C3*4C3 = 224
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# of randomly chosen groups of 6: 12C6 = 924
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P(desired group) = 224/924 = 0.2424
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Stan H.
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