Homework Help: math

Posted by rency on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 10:56pm.

8 basketball players are selected to play in a special game.the players will be selected from a list of 27 players .if the players are selected randomly ,whats the probability that the 8 tallest players will be selected.

math - Reiny, Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 11:01pm
There are C(27,8) or 2220075 ways to choose 8 different players from 27
One of these will contain the 8 tallest players, so the prob of selecting the 8 tallest
= 1/2220075

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