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A class consists of 17 men and 14 women. An exam is given andstudents are ranked according to their performance. Assume notwo students obtain the same score. If all rankings are consideredequally likely, what is the probability that women receive the top4 scores?

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3.18%

Explanation:

(14/31) X (13/30)X (12/29) X (11/28) = 0.0318 = 3.18%

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