Question 12 Marks
There are four men and, six women on the city council. If one council member is selected for a committee at random, how likely is it that it is a woman?
Answer
View full question & answer→Here total members in the council = 4 + 6 = 10
One member is selected out of 10 members
$\therefore \;n(S){ = ^{10}}{C_1} = 10$
Let A be the event that the member is a woman.
$n(A){ = ^6}{C_1} = 6$
Thus $P(A) = \frac{{n(A)}}{{n(S)}} = \frac{6}{{10}} = \frac{3}{5}$
One member is selected out of 10 members
$\therefore \;n(S){ = ^{10}}{C_1} = 10$
Let A be the event that the member is a woman.
$n(A){ = ^6}{C_1} = 6$
Thus $P(A) = \frac{{n(A)}}{{n(S)}} = \frac{6}{{10}} = \frac{3}{5}$