A jury pool has 14 women and 13 men. 12 jurors are to be selected from the jury pool. Find the probability that the jury of 12 will have:
a. all women
b. no women

Question

A jury pool has 14 women and 13 men. 12 jurors are to be selected from the jury pool. Find the probability that the jury of 12 will have: 
a. all women 
b. no women

campbell_st · Answer

well isn't it a case of 

12/27 x 11/26 x 10/25 x 9/24..... 

then the 2nd part use complementary events

P(no women) = 1 - P(all women)

perl · Answer

there are two ways to solve this . 
you can solve this with the combination rule n C r 
or you can use multiplication rule

perl · Answer

campbell, yes that works, also you can do 
(14 choose 12) / ( 27 choose 12)

anonymous · Answer

@campbell_st  @perl  Thank you guys so much !!!

anonymous · Answer

All Women

anonymous · Answer

ive tooken the Test i falied at thatQuestion

perl · Answer

oh

anonymous · Answer

yea sucked :(

perl · Answer

@campbell_st  I think there is a typo in your solution 
it should be 
14/27 * 13/26 *... etc