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Draw and go (Posted on 2014-10-08) Difficulty: 3 of 5
A class, consisting of g girls and b boys receieved 2k promotional theatre tickets.
Given that b<2k and g<2k, what is the probability that within the group of theatre-goers there will be more girls than boys?

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re(4): Solution or partial solution ... clarification | Comment 6 of 14 |
(In reply to re(3): Solution or partial solution ... clarification by Dej Mar)

ok, thanks. See the coda paragraph that I have at the end to add to the explanation for the case of 5 girls and 3 boys. I hope that is enough of an example case so the others can be more easily understood.



  Posted by Charlie on 2014-10-10 07:56:31
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