Answer
24C3 = 24! / 3! (24-3)!
= 24! / 3! 21! = 2,024
17C5 = 17! / 5! (17-5)! = 6,199
41C8 = 41! / 8! (41-8)! = 95,548,245
P(choosing three first-shift workers) = (2024 x 6199) / 95,548,245
= 0.131
Work Step by Step
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Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World (6th Edition)
by Larson, Ron; Farber, Betsy
Published by
Pearson
ISBN 10:
0321911210
ISBN 13:
978-0-32191-121-6
Chapter 3 - Probability - Section 3.4 Additional Topics in Probability and Counting - Exercises - Page 177: 52
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