Given 12 civillians each wearing an earring and each of them have different or unique designs. If all the earrings are placed in a box and you randomly selected 6 pieces of earrings, what is the probability that you will get 2 matching pairs of earrings?

Given 12 civillians each wearing an earring and each of them have different or unique designs. If all the earrings are placed in a box and you randomly selected 6 pieces of earrings, what is the probability that you will get 2 matching pairs of earrings?

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

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