College Algebra (10th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321979478
ISBN 13: 978-0-32197-947-6

Chapter 10 - Projects - Page 710: 2

Answer

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Work Step by Step

We know that probability$=\frac{\text{number of favorable outcomes}}{\text{number of possible outcomes}}.$ There are $33$ students in total. The number of good outcomes is $1$. If we want to choose $k$ elements out of $n$ disregarding the order, not allowing repetition, we can do this in $_{n}C_k=\frac{n!}{(n-k)!k!}$ ways. The order doesn't matter here in the set of balls, thus we have to use combinations. Thus the number of all outcomes is: $_{75}C_{5}\cdot_{15}C_{1}=\frac{75!}{(75-5)!5!}\frac{15!}{(15-1)!1!}=258890850$ Hence the probability: $\frac{1}{258890850}=0.00000000386$
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