In a class of 10 boys and 12 girls, a committee of 4 members is to be formed. What is the probability to form a committee consisting of 2 boys and 2 girls?0.30400.40600.50600.2060

Respuesta :

Consider all the different possible combinations of 4 members of the committee (b,b,b,b), (b,b,b,g),...(g,g,g,g). We need to use the binomial distribution given below

[tex]P(k)=(nbinomialk)p^k(1-p)^{n-k}[/tex]

In our case

[tex]k=2,n=4,p=\frac{10}{10+12}=\frac{10}{22}=\frac{5}{11}[/tex]

Then,

[tex]\begin{gathered} P(2)=(\frac{4!}{2!(4-2)!})(\frac{5}{11})^2(\frac{6}{11})^2 \\ \Rightarrow P(2)=6\cdot\frac{900}{14641} \\ \Rightarrow P(2)=0. \end{gathered}[/tex]