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Six women and five men walk into an appliance store at the same time. There are five salesperson available to help them.Find the probability that a salesperson will first help at least 2 women.

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Number of men = 5

Number of women = 6

Number of salesperson =5

The total number of men and women will be 5+6 =11

Then

11C5 =462

Let Y be the probability of women being served first.

The probability that a sales person will first help atleast two women will be given as ;

P (Y ≥ 2) = 1- [P(Y=0)+P(Y=1)]

Where;

P(Y=0) =6C0 *5C5/11C5

= 1/462

P(Y=1) = 6C1 *5C4/11C5

= 30/462

\therefore P(Y ≥ 2) =1-[1/462+30/462]

=431/462

= 0.932900432

The probability that a salesperson will first help atleast two women is approximately 0.9329.


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