Homework Help: statistics: dependent event

Posted by John on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at 5:26pm.

A psychology class is comprised of 4 female and 6 male students. If the instructor of the class randomly chooses 6 students from the class for an oral exam, what is the probability that 2 female students and 4 male students will be selected? Round your answer to 3 decimal places

statistics: dependent event - PsyDAG, Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 1:06am
P = 4/10(F) * 3/9(F) * 6/8(M) * 5/7(M) * 4/6(M) * 3/5(M) = ?

Try them in reverse order to see if you get the same answer.

P = 6/10(M) * 5/9(M)....

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