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Jury Duty probability

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A jury of 10 people is to be selected from an available pool of 10 women and 8 men. What is the probability that the numbers of men and women in the selected jury are equal?
asked Oct 17, 2015 in PRECALCULUS by egbush Rookie

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Number of people in the jury is 10.

Available persons are 10 women and 8 men.

Find the probability of the event E that the numbers of men and women in the selected jury are equal.

Numbers of men and women in the selected jury are equal refers to 5 women and 5 men.

Number of possibles for the event is .

Number of selectios for the jury of 10 people from 18 people is .

Probability of the event is 

.

Probability of the event E is 0.32.

answered Oct 17, 2015 by cameron Mentor
edited Oct 17, 2015 by cameron

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