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4.5 Exercise 5

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This is a hypergeometric problem because you are choosing your committee from two groups (men and women).

a. Are you choosing with or without replacement?

b. What is the group of interest?

c. How many are in the group of interest?

d. How many are in the other group?

e. Let X = _________ on the committee. What values does X take on?

f. The probability question is P(_______).

OpenStax Introductory Statistics 2e, 4.5 Hypergeometric Distribution, exercise 5

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