8 men and 7 women find probability of 4 men and 2 women

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The number of total sets possible by choosing any 6 people from 15 = C(15,6) = 5005

But the only ones we're intereseted in are the ones where we choose 4 men from 8 and 2 women from 7 = C(8,4) * C(7,2) = 1470

So.....1470/5005 = about 29.3%

CPhill Oct 7, 2014

CPhill · Answer 1 · 2014-10-07T03:31:50

The number of total sets possible by choosing any 6 people from 15 = C(15,6) = 5005

But the only ones we're intereseted in are the ones where we choose 4 men from 8 and 2 women from 7 = C(8,4) * C(7,2) = 1470

So.....1470/5005 = about 29.3%