Question

A jury pool has 18 people that are married and 22 people that are not married, from which 12 jurors will be selected. Assuming that each person is equally likely to be chosen and that the jury is selected at random, find the probability that the jury consists of the following. (Give answer as a fraction or a decimal out to at least 4 places. If your answer is very small use scientific notation out to 4 decimal places for example 3.3421E-6.)

Answer 1

If the pool has 18 married and 22 not married, this means there are 40 people total
this means there’s a 18/40 probability that people who are married will be chosen
18/40 = 2/5
There is a 22/40 probability people who are un married will be chosen
22/40 = 11/20