5, 7.5/10 points ! Previous Answers My Maria and Thomas are part of a group of 4

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5, 7.5/10 points ! Previous Answers My Maria and Thomas are part of a group of 4 women and 8 men who will participate in a chess tournament. The 12 players will be randomly paired up into groups of two. (a) What is the probability that Maria and Thomas will be paired together? (b) What is the probability that Maria will be paired with another woman? Maria will be paired with another woman and Thomas wil be paired with another with a man? (c) What is the probaiyh 2121 (d) What is the probability that both Maria and Thomas are paired with a woman? 0578

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Solution:

Given ,

total number players = 12

number of women = 4

number of men = 8

( b )

probability that both maria and thomas are paire with a woman = ( 3 / 11 ) * ( 2 ./ 9 )

= 0.0606

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