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Well our desired outcome is that those 2 actresses are chosen. Given that they are chosen, there is still 1 spot to fill, and 3 possible people to fill it. Thus we must calculate the number of ways that 1 can be chosen from 3 (3C1).

I'm not 100% sure that my answer is correct though so I would wait for one of the heavy weights to make an appearance.
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Number of 'desired' outcomes (so those 2 actresses are chosen): 3C1

Nickk, could you please explain this statement?


actress A & E work together in the film and now we need to find out the probability of finding 1 actress out of the remaining 3. So choosing 1 out of 3 = 3C1
IMO - 3C1 / 5C3 = 3/10

Hope that helps.

What is OA?
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Thanks, Nickk, Hardnstrong.. The OA is 3/10.



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