Answer:
The answer is below
Explanation:
A What is the probability that all 4 selected workers will be the day shift?
B What is the probability that all 4 selected workers will be the same shift?
C What is the probability that at least two different shifts will be represented among the selected workers.
A)
The total number of workers = 10 + 8 + 6 = 24
The probability that all 4 selected workers will be the day shift is given as:
[tex]P_a=\frac{C(10,4)}{C(24,4)}= \frac{210}{10626}=0.0198[/tex]
[tex]C(n,r)=\frac{n!}{(n-r)!r!}[/tex]
B) The probability that all 4 selected workers will be the same shift ([tex]P_B[/tex]) = probability that all 4 selected workers will be the day shift + probability that all 4 selected workers will be the swing shift + probability that all 4 selected workers will be the graveyard shift.
Hence:
[tex]P_B=\frac{C(10,4)}{C(24,4)}+\frac{C(8,4)}{C(24,4)}+\frac{C(6,4)}{C(24,4)}=0.0198+0.0066+0.0014=0.0278[/tex]
C) The probability that at least two different shifts will be represented among the selected workers ([tex]P_C[/tex])= 1 - the probability that all 4 selected workers will be the same shift([tex]P_B[/tex])
[tex]P_C=1-P_B\\\\P_C=1-0.0278\\\\P_C=0.972[/tex]