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In a class of 28 students, the teacher selects four people at random to participate in a geography contest. What is the probability that this group of four students includes at least two of the top three geography students in the class? Express your answer as a common fraction.

 Apr 27, 2018
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In a class of 28 students, the teacher selects four people at random to participate in a geography contest. What is the probability that this group of four students includes at least two of the top three geography students in the class? Express your answer as a common fraction.

 

I think the number of ways that choice can be made is ...

 

(32)(252)+(33)(251)=3300+125=900+25=925

 

And the total number of possibilities is  28C4 = 20475

 

So the prob is    92520475=37819

 Apr 27, 2018

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