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Rework problem 25 from section 3.2 of your text, involving choosing freshmen, sophomores, and juniors. For...

Rework problem 25 from section 3.2 of your text, involving choosing freshmen, sophomores, and juniors. For this problem, assume that three students are chosen from 3 freshmen, 6 sophomores, and 5 juniors. What is the probability of selecting 2 freshmen and 1 junior given that at least one freshman will be selected?

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Here we use the concept of combinations while selecting

orchestra answered 2 years ago
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