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natita [175]
3 years ago
6

There are 7 women and 9 men with a chance to be on a game show. The producer of the show is going to choose 7 of these people at

random to be contestants. What is the probability that the producer chooses 4 women and 3 men? Round your answer to three decimal places.
Mathematics
1 answer:
Anna71 [15]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:

147/572

Step-by-step explanation:

The number of combinations of  <em>n</em>  things chosen  <em>r</em>  at a time is

\binom{n}{r}=\frac{n!}{r!(n-r)!}  (Some writers use the symbol _nC_r)

Choose 4 women from the 7:

\binom{7}{4}=\frac{7!}{4!(7-4)!}=35  ways

Choose 3 men from 9:

\binom{9}{3}=\frac{9!}{3!(9-3)!}=84  ways

There are 35 x 84 = 2940 ways to choose both, out of

\binom{16}{7}=\frac{16!}{7!(16-7)!}=11440 ways to choose any 7 people from the group of 16.

Probability:

\frac{2940}{11440}=\frac{147}{572}

P.S. As an example of how to calculate combinations, here's the calculation (by hand, a calculator is easier!) of \binom{9}{3}.

\binom{9}{3}=\frac{9!}{3!(9-3)!}=\frac{9!}{3!6!}

When you write out the factorials, you can do a bunch of cancellation between the numerator and denominator.

\frac{9\cdot8\cdot7\cdot\cancel{6\cdot5\cdot4\cdot3\cdot2\cdot1}}{(3\cdot2\cdot1)(\cancel{6\cdot5\cdot4\cdot3\cdot2\cdot1)}}=\frac{9\cdot8\cdot7}{3\cdot2\cdot1}=84

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