Thread: Combination help

Bill is making a sandwich. he may choose a combination of the following: lettuce, tomato, carrot, cheese, cucumber, beetroot, onion and ham. Find the probability that the sandwich contains ham.

Originally Posted by AltQQ

Bill is making a sandwich. he may choose a combination of the following: lettuce, tomato, carrot, cheese, cucumber, beetroot, onion and ham. Find the probability that the sandwich contains ham.

Is Bill allowed to choose either 1, 2, 3, ...... up to all 8 of the sandwich fillings?

Number of all possible combinations

If ham has to be included,this can be done in 1 way and the others can be chosen in ways.

Required probability=