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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.

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  1. 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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    posted by Reiny

  2. Ok thanks for the answer !

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    posted by Anonymous

  3. on of the best 3 pointer in history

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