A law firm has nine senior and four junior partners. A committee of three partners is selected at random to represent the firm at a conference. What is the probability that at least one of the junior partners is on the committee?

A law firm has nine senior and four junior partners. A committee of three partners is selected at random to represent the firm at a conference. What is the probability that at least one of the junior partners is on the committee?

Advanced Engineering Mathematics

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ISBN:9780470458365

Author:Erwin Kreyszig

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A law firm has

nine

senior and

four

junior partners. A committee of three partners is selected at random to represent the firm at a conference. What is the probability that at least one of the junior partners is on the committee?

The

probability that at least one junior partner is on the committee is

nothing.

(Type an integer or decimal rounded to three decimal places as needed.)

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