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by Frankenstein » Fri Aug 26, 2011 6:15 am
aplavakarthik wrote:If 2 different representatives are to be selected at random from a group of 10 employees and if p is the probability that both representatives selected will be women, is p > 21?
(1) More than 21 of the 10 employees are women.
(2) The probability that both representatives selected will be men is less than 101.
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by gmatboost » Fri Aug 26, 2011 8:38 am
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by force5 » Fri Aug 26, 2011 12:40 pm
woh!! what a huge difference. aplavakarthik created a new question altogether.

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by navami » Sat Sep 03, 2011 12:29 pm
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