A mathematics paper consists of 12 questions of which not more than ten are to be answered. given that the number of candidates who answer ten questions is equal to the number of candidates who answer nine questions only. find the probability that a candidate chosen at random from among these two sets of candidates will have selected questions 1, 2 and 3 if all the questions have the same chance of being selected.

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(a) A mathematics paper consists of 12 questions of which not more than ten are to be answered. given that the number of candidates who answer ten questions is equal to the number of candidates who answer nine questions only. find the probability that a candidate chosen at random from among these two sets of candidates will have selected questions 1, 2 and 3 if all the questions have the same chance of being selected.

(b) Three groups of three people are to be selected from nine people, of whom three are 
man teachers, two lady teachers and four parents. Find the probability that 
i) the two lady teachers being in the same group.

ii) one group consists of at least two of the man teachers.

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