Question

An executive committee of 13 members consists of 7 men and 6 women. What are the odds all five selected are women?

Answer 1

Please help me solve!

Answer 2

odds of first one selected being a woman = 6/13
that leaves 7 men and 5 women
odds of getting another woman = 5/12

continue this another 3 times to get 5 women

since these events are independent we get our answer by multiplication of the 5 fractions

Answer 3

so it is 6/13 times 5/12 times 4/11 times 3/10 times 2/9?

Answer 4

yes