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Example 8 A committee of two persons is selected from two men and two women. What is the probability that the committee will have (a) no man? If no man is selected, it means only women are selected So, we have to select 2 women Total number of persons = 2 + 2 = 4 Number of persons to be selected = 2 P(no man is selected) = ๏ท๐ต๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๏ทฎ๐ป๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๏ทฏ Total Number of ways = 4C2 = ๏ท4!๏ทฎ2!๏ท4 โ2๏ทฏ!๏ทฏ = ๏ท4!๏ทฎ2!๏ท2๏ทฏ!๏ทฏ = ๏ท4 ร 3 ร 2!๏ทฎ2 ร 1 ร 2!๏ทฏ = 6 Number of women = 2 Number of women to be selected = 2 Number of ways both women is selected = 2C2 = ๏ท2!๏ทฎ2!๏ท2 โ2๏ทฏ!๏ทฏ = ๏ท2!๏ทฎ2!0!๏ทฏ = ๏ท2!๏ทฎ2! ร 1๏ทฏ = 1 ways Putting values in (1) P(no man is selected) = ๏ท๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ค๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐กโ ๐ค๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๏ทฎ๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ค๐๐ฆ๐ ๏ทฏ = ๏ท๐๏ทฎ๐๏ทฏ Example 8 A committee of two persons is selected from two men and two women. What is the probability that the committee will have (b) one man ? Committee will have one man means one man & one woman is selected P(one man is selected) = ๏ท๐ต๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ร ๐ต๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๏ทฎ๐ป๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๏ทฏ Total Number of men = 2 Number of men to be selected = 1 Number of ways to select 1 man = 2C1 = ๏ท2!๏ทฎ1!๏ท2 โ1๏ทฏ!๏ทฏ = ๏ท2!๏ทฎ1!๏ทฏ = 2 ways Total Number of women = 2 Number of women to be selected = 1 Number of ways to select 1 woman = 2C1 = ๏ท2!๏ทฎ1!๏ท2 โ1๏ทฏ!๏ทฏ = ๏ท2!๏ทฎ1!๏ทฏ = 2 ways P(one man is selected) = ๏ท๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ค๐๐ฆ๐ 1 ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ ร ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ค๐๐ฆ๐ 1 ๐ค๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๏ทฎ๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ค๐๐ฆ๐ ๏ทฏ = ๏ท2 ร 2๏ทฎ6๏ทฏ = ๏ท4๏ทฎ6๏ทฏ = ๏ท๐๏ทฎ๐๏ทฏ Example 8 A committee of two persons is selected from two men and two women. What is the probability that the committee will have (c) two man ? P(two men are selected) = ๏ท๐ต๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๏ทฎ๐ป๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๏ทฏ Total number of men= 2 Number of men to be selected = 2 Number of ways to select 2 men = 2C2 = ๏ท2!๏ทฎ2!๏ท2 โ2๏ทฏ!๏ทฏ = ๏ท2!๏ทฎ2!0!๏ทฏ = ๏ท2!๏ทฎ2! ร 1๏ทฏ = 1 ways P(two men are selected) = ๏ท๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ค๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐กโ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๏ทฎ๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ค๐๐ฆ๐ ๏ทฏ = ๏ท๐๏ทฎ๐๏ทฏ