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Question 933036: A faculty council contains nine members, three men and six women. If two members are selected at random from the faculty council to fill vacancies on the technology committee, what is the probability that both will be women? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A faculty council contains nine members, three men and six women. If two members are selected at random from the faculty council to fill vacancies on the technology committee, what is the probability that both will be women?
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# of ways to pick 2 women:: 6C2 = 15
# of possible pairs:: 9C2 = 36
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P(pick 2 women) = 15/36 = 0.4167
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Stan H.
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