Question

An elementary school art class teacher plans to display artwork next to the door of each of the classrooms in the school. Each classroom door will only have one piece of artwork displayed, and the school has 22 such doors. If the teacher has 12 sketches and 16 oil paintings, what is the probability that 10 sketches and 12 oil paintings are chosen to be displayed?

Answer 1

Answer: Our required probability is 0.32.

Explanation:

Since we have given that

Number of doors to be selected in a manner = 22

Number of sketches = 12

Number of oil paintings = 16

Total number of doors we have =12+16 =28

We need to find the probability that 10 sketches and 12 oil paintings are chosen to be displayed.

So, probability would be

`(^(12)C_(10)* ^(16)C_(12))/(^(28)C_(22))\\\\=(66* 1820)/(376740)\\\\=(120120)/(376740)\\\\=0.3188\\\\\approx 0.32`

Hence, our required probability is 0.32.