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FCP Rule: ----------- ---------- ---------- 1st member 2nd Member 3rd Member 1st Member (at least 1 professor) = 4 ways 2nd Member = 9 ways 3rd Member = 8 ways! Total ways = 4 x 9 x 8 or should i consider 3 possibilities of 1 Professor, 2 professors & 3 professors?
- by madhusudhan237
Thu Dec 24, 2015 10:48 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: 3 Member commitee
- Replies: 3
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3 Member commitee
Can some one please help me solve this question via FCP rule? Through combinations, I am able to solve. ---------------------------------- 4 professors and 6 students are being considered for membership on a supervisory committee which must consist of 3 people. If the committee has to include at lea...
- by madhusudhan237
Thu Dec 24, 2015 10:44 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: 3 Member commitee
- Replies: 3
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M= {-6, -5, -4, -3, -2} T= {-2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3} If an integer is to be randomly selected from set M above and an integer is to be randomly selected from set T above, what is the probability that the product of the two integers will be negative? A. 0 B. 1/3 C. 2/5 D. 1/2 E. 3/5 IMPORTANT: the number...
- by madhusudhan237
Thu Dec 24, 2015 7:23 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: Probability problem...need explanation plzz
- Replies: 4
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HI Brent So... if i want to generalize this hand shake problems, in this case, we had 10 people & hand shakes with 3 other people .. so, its 10 x 3 = 60 / 2 ==> 30 assuming a problem asks for 10 people & hand shakes with 5 other people .. is it 10 x 5 = 50/2 = 25??? Thanks for your feedback ...
- by madhusudhan237
Wed Dec 23, 2015 6:02 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: How many Handshakes???
- Replies: 4
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HI Brent In your post, you have considered like: for each letter to get posted, there are 4 letter boxes available. But, why not in such a way that - I have 4 letter boxes available & 5 letters to post? In that case, ---------- ---------- ----------- ----------- Letter box-1 Letter box-2 Letter ...
- by madhusudhan237
Wed Dec 23, 2015 5:10 am- Forum: Problem Solving
- Topic: In how many ways can a person post 5 letters in 4 letter box
- Replies: 4
- Views: 15388