JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Probability Question Bank Use of permutations and combinations in probability

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    If a committee of 3 is to be chosen from a group of 38 people of which you are a member. What is the probability that you will be on the committee                                             [AMU 2000]

    A) \[\left( \begin{align}   & 38 \\  & \,3 \\ \end{align} \right)\]                            

    B) \[\left( \begin{align}   & 37 \\  & \,2 \\ \end{align} \right)\]

    C) \[\left( _{2}^{37} \right)/\left( _{3}^{38} \right)\]

    D) \[\frac{666}{8436}\]

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    Required probability \[=\frac{^{37}{{C}_{2}}}{^{38}{{C}_{3}}}=\frac{\left( \begin{align}   & 37 \\  & \text{ }2 \\ \end{align} \right)}{\left( \begin{align}   & 38 \\  & \text{ }3 \\ \end{align} \right)}\].


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