Chuck is picking up pecans in his yard. He discovered that 2 out of every 15 pecans are bad. If he picks up 840 pecans, about ho
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Answer: (a) 19448 ways
(b) 5292 ways
(c) 0.2721
Step-by-step explanation:
(a) 10 county council members be randomly elected out of the 17 candidates in the following ways:
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= 19448 ways
(b) 10 county council members be randomly elected from 17 candidates if 5 must be women and 5 must be men in the following ways:
we know that there are 7 women and 10 men in total, so
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= 21 × 252
= 5292 ways
(c) Now, the probability that 5 are women and 5 are men are selected:
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= 0.2721