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Committee Probability question I'm having trouble understanding the answers to these questions: Ten students A, B... are in a class. A committee of 3 is chosen from the class. Find the probability that 1. A belongs to the committee = 3/10 2. B belongs to the committee = 3/10 3. A and B belong to committee = 1/15 4. A or B belong to the committee = 8/15 Where is 3/10 coming from? Why wouldn't it be 1/10? Thank you !

The probability of forming a committee under some condition $X$ is given by

$$ \frac{\text{Number of committees that favor } X}{\text{Total number of committees}} $$

Total number of committees that can be formed from 10 students by selecting 3 students $= \binom{10}{3} = \frac{10}{3}\binom{9}{2} = \frac{10\times 9}{3\times 2}\binom{8}{1}$.

1. If $A$ must be in the committee, total number of such committees = $\binom{9}{2}$.

2. Same as the previous case, $\binom{9}{2}$.

3. If both $A$ and $B$ must be in the committee, then we have freedom only in choosing the other member. Hence, number of such committees $= \binom{8}{1}$.

4. Total number of such committees is just the sum of the number of favorable committees in the previous cases.

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