A group of 20 university students contains 8 who are in their first year of study. A student is picked at random to represent the group at a fair. Find the probability that the student is a first year student.

A group of 20 university students contains 8 who are in their first year of study. A student is picked at random to represent the group at a fair. Find the probability that the student is a first year student.

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

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Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

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