JEE MAIN - Mathematics (2017 - 9th April Morning Slot - No. 13)
Explanation
The number of ways to form a committee having at least one woman is
$$ = {}^5{C_1} \times {}^{10}{C_3} + {}^5{C_2} \times {}^{10}{C_2} + {}^5{C_3} \times {}^{10}{C_1} + {}^5{C_4}$$
$$ = {{5!} \over {4!}} \times {{10!} \over {7! \times 3!}} + {{5!} \over {2!3!}} \times {{10!} \over {8!2!}} + {{5!} \over {3!2!}} \times {{10!} \over {9!1!}} + {{5!} \over {4!}}$$
$$ = 5 \times {{10 \times 9 \times 8} \over {3 \times 2}} + {{5 \times 4} \over {2 \times 1}} \times {{10 \times 9} \over 2} + {{5 \times 4} \over {2 \times 1}} \times 10 + 5$$
$$ = 600 + 450 + 100 + 5 = 1155$$
The number of ways to form a committee having more women than men is
$${}^5{C_2} \times {}^{10}{C_2} + {}^5{C_4} = {{5!} \over {6!2!}} \times {{10!} \over {9!}} + {{5!} \over {4!}}$$
$$ = 10 \times 10 + 5 = 105$$
Therefore, the probability for the committees to have more women than men is
$${{105} \over {1155}} = {1 \over {11}}$$
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