Statistics with discrete mathAn upper-level math class has 13 students: 4 of them are females....
Bernard Boyer
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2022-07-15
Statistics with discrete math An upper-level math class has 13 students: 4 of them are females. Two of the females and four of the males live off campus. How many ways can a project group of three students be chosen so that it has two on-campus members and at least one female? Explain your answer
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suchonos6r
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2022-07-16Added 14 answers
Step 1 13 students composed of 9 males, 4 females. 4 females composed of 2 on campus, 2 off campus. 9 males composed of 5 on campus, 4 off campus. 13 students composes of 7 on campus, 6 off campus. Let's find the amount of groups that have two on campus members. You need to pick 2 of the 7, so . Then you need one more from off campus, so Step 2 So the number of groups with two on campus members is
Now you need at least one female. So let's find all of the groups of 2 on campus members and no females, then eliminate that from the above group. You need to pick 2 on campus males. There are 5 to choose from, so . Then you need one from off campus, so , giving you