Example: Combinations of People.

A company employing 14 women and 10 men is forming a six–person safety committee. How many different combinations of people are possible?

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24 š6

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Twenty–four people grouped six

 

 

at a time.

{[PROB]

Q8T Q8T Probability menu.
{Q,T}8 )Total number of combinations

 

 

possible.

If employees are chosen at random, what is the probability that the committee will contain six women? To find the probability of an event, divide the number of combinations for that event by the total number of combinations.

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14 š6{[PROB] {Q,T}



Fourteen worriers grouped six

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at a time.

 

8) Number of combinations of six women on the committee.

Z

8 )Brings total number of

 

combinations back into the

 

X–register.

p

) Divides combinations of

women by total combinations to find probability that any one combination would have all warriors.

Real–Number Functions 4–13

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Printed Date : 2003/4/24

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