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OleMash [197]
3 years ago
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A school debate team has 4 girls and 6 boys. A total of 3 of the team members will be chosen to participate in the district deba

te. What is the probability that 1 girl and 2 boys will be selected?
Mathematics
1 answer:
mariarad [96]3 years ago
4 0
There are 4+6=10 people in the team.
First calculate in how many ways you can choose 3 people from a group of 10 people, using combination:
(^{10} _3)=\frac{10!}{3!(10-3)!}=\frac{10!}{3! \times 7!}=\frac{7! \times 8 \times 9 \times 10}{6 \times 7!}=\frac{8 \times 9 \times 10}{6}=\frac{720}{6}=120
You can choose 3 people in 120 ways.

You can select 1 girl from a group of 4 girls in 4 ways.
Calculate in how many ways you can choose 2 boys from a group of 6 boys:
(^6 _2)=\frac{6!}{2! (6-2)!}=\frac{6!}{2! \times 4!}=\frac{4! \times 5 \times 6}{2 \times 4!}=\frac{5 \times 6}{2}=\frac{30}{2}=15
You can choose 2 boys in 15 ways.
Using the rule of product, you can calculate that you can choose 1 girl and 2 boys in 4×15=60 ways.

The probability of choosing 1 girl and 2 boys is the number of ways you can choose 1 girl and 2 boys divided by the number of ways you can choose 3 people from the group.
 P=\frac{60}{120}=\frac{1}{2}=50\%

The probability is 1/2, or 50%.
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