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Suppose that 100 mathematics students are dividedinto five classes, each containing 20 students, and thatawards are to be given to 10 of these students. If eachstudent is equally likely to receive an award, what is theprobability that exactly two students in each class willreceive awards?

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The probability that exactly two students in each class will receive awards is 0.143.

Step by step solution

01

Given information

Total mathematics students=100

The students are divided into five classes, each containing 20 students. And, the awards are to be given to 10 students.

02

 compute the probability

To choose 10 students from 100 mathematics students, there are\(^{100}{C_{10}}\)ways.

To choose 2 from 20 students (for each of the 5 classes), there are\(^{20}{C_2}\)ways.

Therefore, to choose two students from each class, there are\({\left( {^{20}{C_2}} \right)^5}\)ways.

All outcomes are equally likely, hence the probability is,

\(\begin{aligned}{}{\rm{P}} &= \frac{{{{\left( {^{20}{C_2}} \right)}^5}}}{{\left( {^{100}{C_{10}}} \right)}}\\ &= \frac{{{{\left( {190} \right)}^5}}}{{\left( {^{100}{C_{10}}} \right)}}\\ &= \frac{{{{\left( {190} \right)}^5} \times 10! \times 90!}}{{100!}}\\ &= 0.143\end{aligned}\)

Thus, the required probability is 0.143.

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