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Lin and Kai are friends that work together on a team of nn total people. Their manager is going to randomly select mm people from the team of nn to attend a conference. What is the probability that Lin and Kai are the mm people chosen?

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Q. Lin and Kai are friends that work together on a team of nn total people. Their manager is going to randomly select mm people from the team of nn to attend a conference. What is the probability that Lin and Kai are the mm people chosen?
  1. Calculate Total Ways: Calculate the total number of ways to choose 22 people from a team of 88. We use the combination formula: nCr=n!r!(nr)!nCr = \frac{n!}{r!(n-r)!}, where nn is the total number of items, and rr is the number of items to choose. Here, n=8n=8 and r=2r=2.
  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 11 way to choose both of them together.
  3. Calculate Probability: Calculate the probability by dividing the number of favorable outcomes by the total number of outcomes.

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