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Suppose that your boss must choose three employees in your office to attend a conference in...

Suppose that your boss must choose three employees in your office to attend a conference in the US Virgin Islands. Because all 20 of you want to go, he decides that the only fair way is to draw names out of a hat. What is the probability that you, Suzy, and Alex are chosen?

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TOPIC:Classical definition of probability, Permutation and Combination.

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