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OpenStudy (yadu123):

plz help. You want to form a new club at school. You have 50 guys and 30 girls that are interested in joining. You decide to designate a group of 3 students, consisting of 2 guys and 1 girl to be leaders within the club. a. Use combinations to write the formula for obtaining such a group. b. Use your formula to actually find the probability of obtaining such a group

OpenStudy (yadu123):

The formula is n!/r!(n-r)!

OpenStudy (yadu123):

anyone

OpenStudy (anonymous):

you don't need all that mess you have 30 choices for the one girl

OpenStudy (yadu123):

ok

OpenStudy (anonymous):

and \[\binom{50}{2}=25\times 49\] choices for the two out of 50 guys multiply those two numbers

OpenStudy (yadu123):

where did you get 49

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