From a group of 10 boys and 12 girls, a committee of 5 students is chosen at random. a. What is the probability that all 5 members on the committee will be girls? b. What is the probability that all 5 members of the committee will be boys? c. What is the probability that there will be at least 1 girl on the committee?
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This can be expressed as: P(all girls) = (number of ways to choose 5 girls out of 12) / (number of ways to choose any 5 students out of 22) The number of ways to choose 5 girls out of 12 is given by the combination formula: C(12,5) = 792 The number of ways to Show more…
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