A Mathematics paper consist of 12 questions of which not more than 10 are to be answered. Given that the number of candidates who answer 10 questions is equal to the number of candidates who answer 9 questions only. Find the probability that a candidate chosen at random from among these 2 sets of candidates will have selected 1,2 and 3 if all the questions have the same chance of being selected
A Mathematics paper consist of 12 questions of which not more than 10 are to be answered. Given that the number of candidates who answer 10 questions is equal to the number of candidates who answer 9 questions only. Find the probability that a candidate chosen at random from among these 2 sets of candidates will have selected 1,2 and 3 if all the questions have the same chance of being selected
Chapter8: Sequences, Series,and Probability
Section8.7: Probability
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A Mathematics paper consist of 12 questions of which not more than 10 are to be answered. Given that the number of candidates who answer 10 questions is equal to the number of candidates who answer 9 questions only. Find the probability that a candidate chosen at random from among these 2 sets of candidates will have selected 1,2 and 3 if all the questions have the same chance of being selected
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