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Can someone tell me where i went wrong here
A club has 10 members. They will first pick a president then a secretary then a treasure. What is the probability that a given person is selected as secretary or treasurer.
I thought about it this way. First you much not be selected as president this is a 9/10 chance. Then you have a 1/9 and 1/8 chance to be selected as one of the other positions. so 9/10*(1/9+ 1/8)
A club has 10 members. They will first pick a president then a secretary then a treasure. What is the probability that a given person is selected as secretary or treasurer.
I thought about it this way. First you much not be selected as president this is a 9/10 chance. Then you have a 1/9 and 1/8 chance to be selected as one of the other positions. so 9/10*(1/9+ 1/8)
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31 Jul 2010, 16:54
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1/9*1/9+9/10*8/9*1/8
(p(president)'*p(s)) + (p(president)'*p(s)'*p(t))
1/10 + 1/10
1/5
(p(president)'*p(s)) + (p(president)'*p(s)'*p(t))
1/10 + 1/10
1/5
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Think about it this way: say you have to pick a number between one and four, inclusive. What's the probability that you pick either 1 or 2?
The answer is pretty obvious:
Probability that you choose 1: \(1/4\)
Probability that you choose 2: \(1/4\)
Probability that you choose 1 or 2: \(1/4 + 1/4 = 1/2\)
This is the exact same concept as the original problem. It doesn't matter whether you choose the secretary or the treasurer first -- the probability that person A will receive either of the titles is the same.
Probability that person A will be chosen as treasurer: \(1/10\)
Probability that person A will be chosen as secretary: \(1/10\)
Probability that person A will be chosen as either treasurer or secretary: \(1/10 + 1/10 = 1/5\)
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