A Statistics class has 85 students. 48 of these are females and 37 are males. A random sample of 11 students in the class is selected. Let X = the number of the selected students who are female. a. How many possible ways are there to select the 6 out of 11 students (order does not matter) without replacement? b. What is the probability that X = 6 c. What is the probability that X=1?

A Statistics class has 85 students. 48 of these are females and 37 are males. A random sample of 11 students in the class is selected. Let X = the number of the selected students who are female. a. How many possible ways are there to select the 6 out of 11 students (order does not matter) without replacement? b. What is the probability that X = 6 c. What is the probability that X=1?

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

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Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

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