Lin and Kai are friends that work together on a team of n total people. Their manager is going to randomly select m people from the team of n to attend a conference. What is the probability that Lin and Kai are the m people chosen?
Q. Lin and Kai are friends that work together on a team of n total people. Their manager is going to randomly select m people from the team of n to attend a conference. What is the probability that Lin and Kai are the m people chosen?
Calculate Total Ways: Calculate the total number of ways to choose 2 people from a team of 8. We use the combination formula: nCr=r!(n−r)!n!, where n is the total number of items, and r is the number of items to choose. Here, n=8 and r=2.
Calculate Favorable Outcomes: Calculate the number of favorable outcomes, which is the specific scenario where Lin and Kai are chosen. Since they are only two people, there is only 1 way to choose both of them together.
Calculate Probability: Calculate the probability by dividing the number of favorable outcomes by the total number of outcomes.
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