A corporation has 15 salesmen, 5 who are rated good, 7 average, and 3 poor. Three salesmen are selected randomly for their promotions. What is the probability that
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A corporation has 15 salesmen, 5 who are rated good, 7 average, and 3 poor. Three
salesmen are selected randomly for their promotions. What is the probability that
(i) All are good
(ii) Atmost one average
(iii) One of each kind.
Solution
5 are good
7 are average
3 are poor
(i) ?(??? ??? ????) =
?3
5
?3
15 =
10
455
= 0.0219
(ii) ?(Atmost one average) = ?(? = 0) + ?(? = 1)
?(Atmost one average) =
?0
7
¡Á ?3
8
?3
15 +
?1
7
¡Á ?2
8
?3
15
?(Atmost one average) =
56 + 196
455
= 0.5538
(iii) ?(One of each kind) =
?1
5¡Á?1
7¡Á?1
3
?3
15 =
105
455
= 0.2307