There are thirteen female board members and seventeen male board members. How many ways are there to make a committee of ten board members? ways How many ways are there to make a committee of ten board members if exactly three must be female? ways Determine the probability of selecting a committee of ten board members where exactly three of the members were female. Write your answer as a decimal, rounded to the nearest thousandth. Answer:

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There are thirteen female board members and seventeen male board members.

How many ways are there to make a committee of ten board members?

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How many ways are there to make a committee of ten board members if exactly three must be female?

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Determine the probability of selecting a committee of ten board members where exactly three of the members were female. Write your answer as a decimal, rounded to the nearest thousandth.

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The formula for combination is nCrn! / [r! (n – r)!] = [n (n – 1) … (n – r + 1)]/r!.

Explanation:

Consider that r distinct items need to be selected from n items and the selection must be without replacement. The order of selection does not matter.

In such case, the combination formula can be applied.

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