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by AWR83 » Mon Jan 05, 2009 6:18 am
Patrons at a certain restaurant can select two of three appetizers--fruit, soup, and salad--along with two of three vegetables--carrots, squash, and peas. What is the statistical probability that any patron will select fruit, salad, squash, and peas?

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by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Mon Jan 05, 2009 8:37 am
First determine the denominator - the number of possible outcomes.
Total outcomes = 3C2 X 3C2 = 9

Then determine the numerator - number outcomes favorable to the condition of ordering fruit, salad, squash, and peas.
There is only 1 way to select fruit, salad, squash, and peas.

So, the probability = 1/9
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by AWR83 » Tue Jan 06, 2009 7:15 am
Dear Brent,

Thanks for your help. Act i would appreciate if you would explain the logic behind the answer, and whether all probability questions need to be solved by combination? and whether i might need to use permutation in such questions?

Finally, please advise if there's an alternative way of solving the problem.

Thanks, but my exam is tomorrow and im abit anxious.

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by logitech » Tue Jan 06, 2009 9:12 am
AWR83 wrote:Dear Brent,

Thanks for your help. Act i would appreciate if you would explain the logic behind the answer, and whether all probability questions need to be solved by combination? and whether i might need to use permutation in such questions?

Finally, please advise if there's an alternative way of solving the problem.

Thanks, but my exam is tomorrow and im abit anxious.

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