Seven board books and 10 paper books are in a cupboard. Three books are to be selected at random, without replacement, from the cupboard. If the board books and paper books are equally likely to be chosen, find the probability that 1 board book and 2 paper books are selected.

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Seven board books and 10 paper books are in a cupboard. Three books are to be selected at random, without replacement, from the cupboard. If the board books and paper books are equally likely to be chosen, find the probability that 1 board book and 2 paper books are selected.
 
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First we will find out total number of way to select 3 books from a total of 17 books( 7 board books and 10 paper books) without replacement.

For first selection we have 17 ways,for second we have 16 ways and for third selsction we have 15 ways .So total number of way is 17×16×15=4080.

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