Question 977814
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Part a)  There are 10 tasks that you want to do, so there are 17 tasks you don't want to do.


The probability of being assigned, for the first assignment, a task you don't want to do is then *[tex \Large \frac{17}{27}]


Then, based on the assumption that you actually received a "don't want to do" task for the first assignment, then you now have 16 tasks left that you don't want to do out of a total of 26 tasks, hence *[tex \Large \frac{8}{13}]


Then, *[tex \Large \frac{3}{5}]


Then, *[tex \Large \frac{7}{12}]


And so on for 17 factors.  The combined probability is the product of all 17 factors.


John
*[tex \LARGE e^{i\pi}\ +\ 1\ =\ 0]
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it

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