SOLUTION: A mathematics department consists of eleven men and six women. Six mathematics faculty members are to be selected at random for the curriculum committee. (Round your answers to fiv

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Question 933913: A mathematics department consists of eleven men and six women. Six mathematics faculty members are to be selected at random for the curriculum committee. (Round your answers to five decimal places.)
(a) What is the probability that two women and four men are selected?
0.39997
Correct: Your answer is correct.

(b) What is the probability that two or fewer women are selected?

(c) What is the probability that more than two women are selected?
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17 Faculty: 11M, 6W
choose 6
........Re TY, note 17C6
(b) What is the probability that two or fewer women are selected?
P =
......
(c) What is the probability that more than two women are selected?
P = 1 - (above)