College Algebra (6th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32178-228-3
ISBN 13: 978-0-32178-228-1

Chapter 8 - Sequences, Induction, and Probability - Exercise Set 8.6 - Page 768: 28

Answer

$\frac{5_{{C}{_{1}}}.{7_{{C}{_{2}}}}}{12_{{C}{_{3}}}}$ = $\frac{21}{44}$

Work Step by Step

$\frac{5_{{C}{_{1}}}.{7_{{C}{_{2}}}}}{12_{{C}{_{3}}}}$ = $\frac{\frac{5!}{(5 - 1)!. 1!}\times{\frac{7!}{(7 - 2)!. 2!}}}{\frac{12!}{(12 - 3)!.3!}}$ = $\frac{\frac{5!}{4!. 1!}\times{\frac{7!}{5!. 2!}}}{\frac{12!}{9!.3!}}$ = $\frac{\frac{5\times4!}{4!. 1}\times{\frac{7\times6\times5!}{5!. 2}}}{\frac{12\times11\times10\times9!}{9!.3\times2\times1}}$ = $\frac{\frac{5}{1}\times{\frac{7\times6}{2}}}{\frac{12\times11\times10}{3\times2\times1}}$ = $\frac{5\times21}{2\times11\times10}$ = $\frac{105}{220}$ = $\frac{21}{44}$
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