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Six sophomores and 14 freshmen are competing for two alternate positions on the debate team. Which expression represents the probability that both students chosen are sophomores? StartFraction (6 C 1) (5 C 1) Over 20 C 2 EndFraction StartFraction (6 P 1) (5 P 1) Over 20 P 2 EndFraction StartFraction (20 C 6) (19 C 5) Over 20 C 2 EndFraction StartFraction (20 P 6) (19 P 5) Over 20 P 2 EndFraction

User Aaric Chen
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Answer:

(6C1)(5C1)/20C2

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Answer:

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\displaystyle P=\frac{_(1)^(6)\textrm{C}\ _(1)^(5)\textrm{C}}{_(2)^(20)\textrm{C}}

Explanation:

Probabilities

The requested probability can be computed as the ratio between the number of ways to choose two sophomores in alternate positions
(N_s) and the total number of possible choices
(N_t), i.e.


\displaystyle P=(N_s)/(N_t)

There are 6 sophomores and 14 freshmen to choose from each separate set. There are 20 students in total

We'll assume the positions of the selections are NOT significative, i.e. student A/student B is the same as student B/student A.

To choose 2 sophomores out of the 6 available, the first position has 6 elements to choose from, the second has now only 5


_(1)^(6)\textrm{C}\ _(1)^(5)\textrm{C} \text{ ways to do it}

The total number of possible choices is


_(2)^(20)\textrm{C} \text{ ways to do it}

The probability is then


\boxed{\displaystyle P=\frac{_(1)^(6)\textrm{C}\ _(1)^(5)\textrm{C}}{_(2)^(20)\textrm{C}}}

Choose the first alternative

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