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by catseye » Mon Jul 25, 2011 7:38 am
There are 8 boys and 8 girls. If two groups are made from these boys and girls, what is the probability that one group will be only with girls?

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by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Mon Jul 25, 2011 8:02 am
catseye wrote:There are 8 boys and 8 girls. If two groups are made from these boys and girls, what is the probability that one group will be only with girls?

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What are the answer choices? This is important because we can sometimes find the correct answer by process of elimination (after we do a little work).

Also, to clarify, can the two groups have any number of people? Can one group have 2 people and the other group 14 people?

Must the two groups account for all 16 people? For example, can we have one group have 3 people and the other group have 7 people?

Given the ambiguity and lack of answer choices, I'm led to believe that this is not a GMAT question.

What is the source?

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by winniethepooh » Mon Jul 25, 2011 9:10 am
Have you made it on your own, no genuine Gmat question is so ambiguous?
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