en officers and 10 regular soldiers are going to be assigned to units of size 4, 6, and 10 to carry out different missions. If assignment is done at random, what is the probability that each unit will end up being half officers and half regular soldiers Answer: 0.164

en officers and 10 regular soldiers are going to be assigned to units of size 4, 6, and 10 to carry out different missions. If assignment is done at random, what is the probability that each unit will end up being half officers and half regular soldiers Answer: 0.164

MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

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