Answer
24C4 = 24! / 4! (24-4)!
= 24! / 4! 20! = 10,626
17C4 = 17! / 4! (17-4)! = 2,380
41C8 = 41! / 8! (41-8)! = 95,548,245
P(four second-shift workers) = (10,626 x 2,380) / 95,548,245
= 0.265
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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: 53
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