A subcommittee is to be selected from a committee of men and women. For this problem, assume that there are 8 men and 5 women on the committee, and that a subcommittee of 3 is selected at random. What is the probability that all are male given that all are the same sex?

A subcommittee is to be selected from a committee of men and women. For this problem, assume that there are 8 men and 5 women on the committee, and that a subcommittee of 3 is selected at random. What is the probability that all are male given that all are the same sex?

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A subcommittee is to be selected from a committee of men and women.

For this problem, assume that there are 8 men and 5 women on the committee, and that a subcommittee of 3 is selected at random.

What is the probability that all are male given that all are the same sex?

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