A club is choosing 2 members to serve on a committee. The club has nominated 3 women and 3 men. Based on chance alone, what is the probability that one woman and one man will be chosen to be on the committee

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Answer: 0.6

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

There are 3 women and 3 men available to form a 2 member committee.

No of ways, a man can be chosen are [tex]3[/tex]

Similarly, no of ways a woman can be chosen are 3

Therefore, probability of choosing 2 members i.e. 1 man and 1 women is

[tex]\Rightarrow P=\dfrac{3}{6}\times \dfrac{3}{5}[/tex]

If the order matter, then

[tex]\Rightarrow P=2\times \dfrac{3\times 3}{6\times 5}\\\\\Rightarrow P=0.6[/tex]

The probability that 1 woman and 1 man will be chosen is "0.6".

According to the question, the club has nominated:

  • Number of women = 3
  • Number of men = 3

Now,

→ The number of ways to select two persons from 6 will be:

= [tex]\binom{6}{2}[/tex]

hence,

The probability that one woman and one man will be chosen will be:

→ [tex]P(1 \ women \ and \ 1 \ women) = \frac{\binom{3}{1} \binom{3}{1}}{\binom{6}{2}}[/tex]

                                              [tex]= 3\times \frac{3}{15}[/tex]

                                              [tex]= \frac{9}{15}[/tex]

                                              [tex]= 0.6[/tex]

Thus the above answer is right.

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