can anyone answer a question about probability?

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jhonyy9 · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

kk what is the probability question

anonymous · Answer

A committee has 13 members, 5 men and 8 women. 4 members are selected at random to attend a meeting drawn from a hat. What is the probability that all 4 selected are men?

mertsj · Answer

$$\frac{5}{13}\times\frac{4}{12}\times\frac{3}{11}\times\frac{2}{10}$$

anonymous · Answer

the number of possible outcomes is 13 and the # of events that occur is 4; so would you divide 4 by 13?

anonymous · Answer

It's not as plain simple since you have 2 categories to pick from!

anonymous · Answer

so do you have a simple equation to use with probabilty?

mertsj · Answer

The number of possible outcomes is only 13 when the first selection is made.  You can't select the same person over again so after you select the first person, the number of possible outcomes is 12

anonymous · Answer

P ( first man) = total men/ total

mertsj · Answer

I gave you the solution.  Cancel the common factors and multiply what is left.

anonymous · Answer

So the answer would be 69/10000

mertsj · Answer

So you don't know how to multiply fractions?

anonymous · Answer

60/4290

mertsj · Answer

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