Problem: 7 swimmers are participating in a swimming match; 3 Americans, 2 Germans, 1 Australien and 1 Dutch. The swimming tracks 1 till 7 are randomly assigned.
Two questions:
1) What is the chance that 1 of the Germans is swimming in a outer track (so that would mean 1 german in track 1 or track 7)
2) What is the chance that at least 1 of the non-Americans is swimming in a outer track?
Could somebody please tell me how to calculate this?
I think I should divide the number of succesful outcomes by the total number of outcomes.
Total number = 7! = 5040
But how do I find the number of succesful outcomes in this case...
Answers should be
1) 0.476
2) 0.857
Are you translating these questions into English?Originally Posted by timmeh
I ask because it took me several tries to get the given answer to question 1).
That answer is to this question: “What is the probability that exactly one German is in an outside lane”?
BUT the way the question is written it means at least one.
BTW:WHY?
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