From 10 students (four girls , six boys ), a team of five is formed. The probability that a randomly selected team has 2 girls and 3 boys, with at least one of or , equals
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2 marks, −0.667StatisticsProbability and Bayes' theoremClassical probability with dice, cards and coinsHardabout 3 min
IIT JAM 2023 Question 30: Probability and Bayes' theorem
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From 10 students (four girls Gᵢ, six boys Bⱼ), a team of five is formed. The probability that a randomly selected team has 2 girls and 3 boys, with at least one of B₁ or B₂, equals (A) 3/7 (B) 6/7 (C) 8/21 (D) 5/21
Also written as: From 10 students (four girls G_i, six boys B_j), a team of five is formed. The probability that a randomly selected team has 2 girls and 3 boys, with at least one of B_1 or B_2, equals
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This question is on Classical probability with dice, cards and coins, part of Probability and Bayes' theorem in Statistics.
Probabilities of equally likely outcomes found by counting.
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